Marijuana is a Social Drug
Since Washington and Colorado legalized marijuana almost a year ago people thought that the Marijuana model would be up and running in no time. They found however, they were wrong.
For decades the government presented a binary option in terms of marijuana; yes or no. But as it turns out, legalizing marijuana impacts more than just a “yes and no” criteria. For instance; if marijuana is legal, how legal will it be? What is the legal driving limit for being under the influence of cannabis? What about people who wish to sell marijuana illicitly to “non-legal” states?
Just like Alcohol and Tobacco, Marijuana when legalized will integrate itself deep into the core of society. It will create an entirely new sector within society and with it will come a wide array of benefits and a few problems as well. In reality most of the problems arise due to the construct of current drug policies, but to be fair we’ll call them “problems” for now.
What are these “problems”?
Due to the fact that almost for 8 decades we have had organized government propaganda against anything related with marijuana there still is some sense of resistance to the idea. People think about “who will grow” and “where will they sell it” and so forth when in reality these issues are minor in nature.
There is only one truly conceivable difference between recreational marijuana and medical marijuana and that is that currently for Medical marijuana you need to be a registered patient. As of now there hasn’t been a whole world of issues when it came to production, cultivation, retail and distribution of thus said model.
But the “problems” arise from the argument that marijuana is bad and needs to be controlled like a flesh eating virus.
Marijuana is the safest drug on the market and can’t give you a lethal dose. All of the “fears” associated with the drug is irrelevant compared to alcohol and socially speaking nobody really is advocating a ban on alcohol.
The solution
When it comes to legal marijuana we should abandon our fears. Yes, some people will abuse the system but it will be infinitely better than complete prohibition. Under a legal market we’ll see how things evolve and adapt to make it socially viable, but to stonewall legalization based on “what ifs” when it is proven to be safe for human consumption through close to 20 years of legal medical marijuana, is a ridiculous notion.
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