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[quote=Anonymous]Some of the pro pot people do need to sit back and accept that there have been downsides to legalizing marijuana.

Look, at the end of the day, it's a mind altering substance. It's not healthy either, as it has a high degree of toxicity. If you smoke regularly rather than the occasional joint at a party, you are harming your lungs. And if you are young, it absolutely impacts the brain development. And it smells. Many people don't like the smell. The difference between alcohol abuse and marijuana abuse is that I don't smell the alcoholic next door to me. But I'd smell his pot. So it's a negative externality that you're imposing on others.

You'd also have to be a right fool not to notice the huge explosion of young (mostly white) kids begging and hanging out in cities with no real occupation and there must be a direct connection to the growth of both marijuana and opoids. And if you think it's bad in DC or other East Coast cities, just go out to Denver or California. It's far worse out there. We are seeing a massive, long term problem emerge with an underclass of perpetually stoned, wacked out, brain damaged young people. And that's not good. Personally, it's made me realize that legalizing marijuana and now even other drugs is a middle class luxury that is having bad impacts on poorer and less able parts of American society. I used to support legalization based on the idea it should be a free will decision and it was at a time when pot usage was almost always private, out of sight. But now I've changed my mind greatly.

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