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Pros/cons to legalize marijuana in a country (lemmy.world)
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Question for those of you living in a country where marijuana is legal. What are the positive sides, what are the negatives?

If you could go back in time, would you vote for legalising again? Does it affect the country's illegal drug business , more/less?

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[–] Noerknhar@feddit.org 18 points 2 days ago (26 children)

Pro:

  • people aren't criminalised for kinda nothing.
  • you detach it from other drugs (the regular dealer will also have other stuff for sale - not an issue if you buy officially or grow yourself).

Con:

  • despite what people claim, there are people that get highly addicted to cannabis. Probably similar to alcohol, you'd say? Well, in my unpopular opinion, alcohol also shouldn't be available the way it currently is (make it insanely expensive please).
  • most people consume it with tobacco, so there's that to deal with.
[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 18 points 2 days ago (11 children)

Agree with the pros, not really with the cons to the extreme that you describe.

[–] Noerknhar@feddit.org -4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (8 children)

I've seen people so addicted to it that they stopped going to work and completely ignored their family. I don't have numbers to put it into perspective, but the sheer level of addiction was beyond what I thought was realistic.

[–] thewedtdeservedit@lemmy.cafe 11 points 2 days ago

You are not a trained psychologist and are unable to detect underlying conditions like depression or anxiety

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