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[quote=Anonymous]The main reason why alcohol I legal and pot isn't is because of HOW it effects the brain. For example, most people(this is excluding a few very intolerant body types) can have a single drink and not be drunk. It is impossible to have a time of weed and not be high.

I know what you potheads are goin to say "I don't get high from one toke". This is because you've had so much that you've chemically altered the release of dopamine in your brain. Dopamine is a naturally occurring chemical that controls how you process pain. Essentially what happens is the THC causes your brain to release more dopamine than it should. Which causes a dulling of your senses. After a long period of use your brain starts releasing a lot more than it should but you feel as if you've created a "tolerance " for the THC. Now you feel like you need MORE weed to get the same level of high that you felt when you first started.

This is one of the key reasons why weed is considered a gateway drug.

This information is easily found. I've summarized it and broken it down very simply but the effects are actually anything but simple.

No one is saying that alcohol is better but there is a reason why it's legal and weed is not. That said, I do agree with legalization because doing so would make it track able. There would be regulations and you could be sure it's not cut with a harder drug.

Again, that said,  I can't believe how many of you are okay with the OP allowing a drug dealer to walk free. That dealer is an adult and should understand the consequences of his actions. He's not selling to HIS peers. Individuals who are less likely to decide out of his favor. No he's selling to a impressionable child who only wants to fit in. This person is likely the same person who will contact his child buyers and say "well if you liked that why not try..." and then the egging on begins. It's much harder to understand the far reaching consequences at 15 than it is at 21 even. Dealers are like pimps. They seek weaker and uneducated, impressionable victims who don't have the ability to reason like an adult.

Consider that when you think it's "none of the OP's business". We as a society need to be more proactive and responsible about how we collectively raise our young people because unfortunately mom and dad aren't the only role models in a child's life. That means we all have a bit part to play on any child's stage of life. How we play those parts as individuals will help mold the next generation of society as a whole. [/quote]

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