Should Recreational Marijuana Be Legalized?

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AZ42 said:
So where do you think the line should be?
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Why legalise more recreational drugs that can harm people? Why inflict more harm by changing the law to give the green light to additional harmful substances? Leave it as it is.
 
goout said:
Well I dunno, but again, if history is any indicator, the legalization of marijuana takes at least that sector away from violent gangs.
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Where did you get that idea? I think it would be a bonus to the racketeers, by increasing usage of grass and removing the stigma.

Tobacco cigarettes are legal, and cigarette smuggling, counterfeiting tax stamps are major rackets, making many millions for the gangs.
 
StephenBales said:
EDIT: But then, the Prohibition didn’t work well…
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Prohibition did decrease the amount of alcohol sold and consumed in America, and still does in a number of places. Many state and local governments had prohibitions long before the 18th Amendment was ratified, and some continued after the 21st was ratified, even to this very day. Jack Daniels whiskey is distilled in a dry county in Tennessee.
 
Legalized = no.

Decriminalized = a good idea.

With marijuana now legal in Canada and several U.S. states, there will be more empirical data to support what we already know: marijuana is bad for you and for your brain. Right now we’re going through what we went through in the early 20th century with cigarettes, where a lot of people favor make-believe data because it is convenient to their worldview.
 
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The fact of the matter is, is that the RCC is strongly opposed to the legalization of recreational marijuana use. The Canadian bishops voiced strong opposition when legalization laws were introduced in Canada. Likewise, the U.S. bishops when laws were introduced in various states here in the U.S.

Even Pope Francis has strongly voiced opposition to this as noted in one of the links below. I find it curious that many on this forum, who regularly condemn other members here who voice opposition to the pope or certain cardinals and bishops on various issues, (Amoris Laetitia etc.) are all too eager to oppose them on this issue, and vote yes for the legalization of this drug.

https://catholicherald.co.uk/news/2...marijuana-use-is-sinful-despite-legalisation/



 
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My walk yesterday was ruined by the stench of cannabis because some inconsiderate jerks were using it in public. And a few weeks ago, a guy was carrying a joint openly. Those are against local bylaws but they didn’t care because it’s legal. Prior to legalization, users weren’t so brazen because it was illegal.
 
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I see plenty of problems with drugs. Kids go unwashed, unfed, because mommy and daddy want to get high.
 
That’s not the problem with the drug itself but how it’s used. Same can be said for alcohol. Should it be illegal because SOME people abuse it?
 
I say: don’t add another substance to the legal list just because some people want it. Yes, some people will think that “legal” must mean it’s OK. It’s not. I’ve provided examples of health concerns.
 
edwest said:
I say: don’t add another substance to the legal list just because some people want it.
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Fair enough. Because grass is currently illegal, it should stay so because it is bad for people to do.

If you were around in the 1920’s, you would advocate for continuing Prohibition for the same reason? But not now, as liquor is already legal.
 
It’s not the 1920s. I say don’t give people more reasons to get high. To say it’s OK when it’s not okay.
 
Aquinas11 said:
with that logic, there is nothing we shouldn’t legalize today . Since 300 years from now? We will have been been doing it legally for 300 years! Insane logic.
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Nonsense. If we have good reasons for making something illegal, we make it illegal for those reasons. It was an argument against the ‘incultured’ argument.

It seems you struggle to accept that alcohol is good, so I can understand that you’d struggle to justify it still being legal, that you’d have to reach for a weak argument like that.
 
what i wonder is what is the morality when there is an economic interest in the legalization of recreational marijuana?
 
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I believe the morality of any drug use is on the individual rather than what is legislated. Obviously, we are bound to obey just laws, but we are also bound to avoid those things which might impede our moral reasoning regardless of their legality.
 
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Just out of curiosity, what’s your take on alcohol?

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If it alters your mind or makes you make bad decisions, it’s sinful.
 
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There’s an economic boom in legalizing prostitution too, doesn’t make it moral 🤷‍♂️
 
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Marijuana does not deprive you of free will. Where are you getting that idea?
 
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The Catholic Church has voiced strong opposition to this. I posted about this just the other day on a similar thread.
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The fact of the matter is, is that the RCC is strongly opposed to the legalization of recreational marijuana use. The Canadian bishops voiced strong opposition when legalization laws were introduced in Canada. Likewise, the U.S. bishops when laws were introduced in various states here in the U.S. Even Pope Francis has strongly voiced opposition to this as noted in one of the links below. I find it curious that many on this forum, who regularly condemn other members here who voice opposition to…
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I don’t think it deprives of free will, but it definitely can make one make bad decisions that they would otherwise never make.
 
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