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qwerty456127 ◴[] No.40218673[source]
Great news. A very sound move. Indeed, marijuana is much less dangerous of a drug yet considerably harmful in cases of chronic use in unreasonably high doses therefore should be controlled some way. What seems problematic nowadays is teenagers smoking too much. Also the idea of stoned people driving cars sounds scary. To me it seems it should be as available and legal as alcohol and cigarettes are, no less, no more.

What I'm curious about is how marijuana availability links to consumption of other drugs including hard drugs, alcohol, tobacco, tranquilizers and antidepressants. I hypothesize it may decrease these.

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babyshake ◴[] No.40218782[source]
"Also the idea of stoned people driving cars sounds scary. "

Depends how stoned, but people routinely drive while using medication that affects them far more than being a bit stoned.

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0xDEADFED5 ◴[] No.40219064[source]
i think driving is probably already dangerous enough without adding cannabis or any other psychoactive into the mix
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1. jazzyjackson ◴[] No.40219123[source]
well then i hope you lobby your representatives for bike lanes and public transit because america is a highly medicated place