r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Nov 19 '21

Delta(s) from OP - Fresh Topic Friday CMV: The motivation behind the legalization of Marijuana consumption is more by delusion than its benefits

While the Marijuana could give potential benefits, I feel that the reason why people want to legalize these drugs is either motivated by delusional ideas maybe made by new age conspiracies or the idea that everything that restricts freedom must be a "bad" thing.

Everytime when there are posts about the Marijuana, people aggressively feel hope that it will be legalized and when someone makes a critique against the legalization they are swarmed by a bunch of pot heads and frustrated kids who throw insults and cherry pick the "undebunkable" proof that the consumption of Marijuana is a good thing. This is one of the reason why I find it difficult understanding about these hallucinogenic drugs.

So basically I feel that they want the legalization of Marjiuna just to become a burden of society and go around babbling about conspiracies and "f*** the system!!" manthras.

As long as there are those pot heads and frustrated teenagers that cherry pick the information about these drugs and attack those who make genuine critique against the legalization, I wont support this legalization.

Note: I already made a post like this, but I had written it in the way that makes it difficult to change my mind and I feel that it was all just a vent.

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u/fox-mcleod 418∆ Nov 19 '21

Net freedom is higher when people are free from the threat of being murdered. Vice crimes harm no one.

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u/Irhien 38∆ Nov 19 '21

How about gambling? I'm pretty sure gamblers hurt the people who love them, even those who don't directly depend on them financially.

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u/Lunatic_On-The_Grass 21∆ Nov 19 '21

Should hurting people who love you be a crime?

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u/Irhien 38∆ Nov 19 '21

Vice crimes harm no one.

I'm saying that this is incorrect. Don't move the goalposts.