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Originally Posted by sunnyside
Some of the common arguments for legalized marijuana are:
-people use it to rebel and therefore wouldn't if it was legal.
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More importantly though - people use it to achieve a temporary escape. The rebellion issue isn't related to the actual drug itself - or to drug use in general.
Another factor you didn't consider is why do most people refuse to do drugs. They refuse to do so because they will risk losing their jobs and being unable to provide for their families. That is the prime motivation - not fear of arrest and temporary imprisonment.
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But my question is does that hold? Especially in the case of the first argument it would seem that the people using to rebel would simply move on to some other drug. Similarly the drug dealers would move to trying to push other drugs.
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What you're not factoring in is that the harder drugs like Meth have become popular because they're easier to conceal. Much easier to hide a Meth lab than it is to hide marijuana growing out in the open. That is the reason for the use of these other drugs. If people had access to legal marijuana, they simply wouldn't risk dealing with other drugs, because why should they go through the hassle when they can legally get high?
Also - something else you fail to consider is the successful legalization in other countries. Their societies are not collapsing. Drug addicts are not running wild in the streets. They're doing just fine and have easily managed the issue of legal marijuana.