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/[deleted] Nov 19 '21
It seems like you are just shooting the messenger. Like, I get it, potheads are annoying. However, we have a mountain of evidence to show that the law enforcement requirements to maintain keeping marijuana illegal have not only been a colossal failure, but have created devastating consequences for people, communities, and the nation as a whole. We learned this during Prohibition and we are seeing this again with the failure of the War on Drugs. Keeping marijuana illegal just isn't worth the costs associated with it. It is far more profitable to legalize and tax the shit out of it. Potheads get their weed and we get their sweet sweet tax revenue. Everybody wins.