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If a person believes in the legalization of Marijuana, would that imply that they believe in the legalization of all illegal drugs? : AskReddit
There are many groups that advocate the legalization of marijuana but never really discuss other illegal drugs.
Do they believe in the legalization of all drugs but don't want to be associated with the harder drugs?
IF that isn't the case what makes Marijuana legal in their minds but not other drugs?
Many of the same reasonings could apply to all drugs.
Would reduce crime, better rehab, more control, taxable, constitutional, etc.
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All squares are rectangles, but not all rectangles are squares.
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I am playing the devil's advocate here, but what makes them so different that the "rectangles" shouldn't be legalized, but "squares" should?
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I say its squares and circles.
Anything that exists without human intervention is not a drug (to me)
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I can only assume you've never blazed.
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I have never blazed but i do support Marijuana legalization
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Personally... YES, I believe we should just legalize all drugs.
Period. It's hypocrisy to argue that there are positive reasons to legalize marijuana but that those positive reasons dont apply to harder drugs.
You are correct..
The reason these issues are not argued side-by-side is because marijuana is viewed as a "softer" drug..
And (in theory) its psychologically easier to convince people to legalize marijuana.
Once you get them to understand/believe the positive benefits, then you can move on towards legalizing harder drugs.
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What makes Marijuana legal in their minds but not other drugs?
I, personally, don't believe cannabis to be a drug.
Maybe its just me, but I associate the word drug with the idea of human intervention or design.
Drugs are something created with the intention of changing the physical or mental state of the user.
If you take away the "created" part, you are just left with a substance that changes the physical or mental state of the user.
I don't know what to call these two groups, but they should not share the same name.
The first group contains everything that we would normally consider drugs: Ibuprofen, Caffeine, Crack Cocaine, etc.
The latter group includes cannabis, opium, all sorts of foods and even semen .
There is no reason to lump these two groups together.
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I don't really understand the distinction between your two groups.
Why would you say that cocaine primarily changes one's physical state and cannabis one's mental state?
They're both psychoactive drugs.
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Both groups can change the physical or mental state of the user.
The first group are the man-made substances, and the second are the naturally occurring ones.
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Ok, I misread "physical or mental" as being the two groups.
I guess the names of your two groups would be synthesised drugs and natural drugs.
Not that natural should imply some sort of inherent goodness - e.g.
The perils of mycetism.
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The state would have to give up its claim to your person as property giving you the right to do as you see fit with yourself.
This would go way beyond drugs.
It would apply to everything.
And yes I would support that.
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No. Being in favor of marijuana legalization has nothing to do with legalization of other drugs.
You will find people who support both, neither, or one of the two.
But do not make assumptions about someone who supports legalization.
If you'd like a couple reasonable arguments about the differences between legalizing marijuana and legalizing harder drugs:
Marijuana is not lethal in any dose.
Harder drugs are (like alcohol, but that's another story).
Marijuana is not chemically addictive, while harder drugs are (like alcohol, but that's another story).
You could argue that marijuana is mentally addictive, but so is caffeine.
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Most people who advocate legalization of pot are pot smokers.
Usually its because they smoke and don't see any real negative effect.
No negative effect = should be legal.
Since harder drugs do show definite negative consequences, they shouldn't be legalized if this is the logic.
I have never done an illegal drug, but support legalization of all drugs.
This is a philosophical argument that the government should have no say as to what a person puts in their own body.
Generally the talk on this is marijuana first, since it seems the most likely to occur.
Especially in this economy, the tobacco companies could probably get marijuana cigarettes on the shelves in weeks and get an instant tax revenue to the state, which would spend a lot less on drug enforcement.
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