After reading this

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A conversation that recently took place between my scheming roommate and I.

Me: So what do you think of the medicinal marijuana business?
Roomy: I don’t agree with it. In fact, I think marijuana should be legalized for general consumption.
Me: Really?
Roomy: Yeah, dude. I look at it this way. Every argument that can made for why alcohol is legal can be made for marijuana. Heck, driving while high isn’t any worse for you than driving drunk.
Me: I don’t know, I ‘ve heard…
Roomy: Dude, just tell me what you think, not what you’ve heard or read.
Me: Okay, I think that may lead to a slippery slope. If you legalize marijuana, where do you stop? Cocaine? Heroin?
Roomy: No, dude, you only take crack or heroin at the end of the road, when nothing else can get you high. Marijuana, on the other hand, has been proven to relieve pain.
Me: Hmmm, reminds me of those one book on cocaine…
Roomy: You’re doing it again!

Comments

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No, I dont think the country was in better condition when parents could give opium to their children to get them to be quiet. Don't think you can sell me on that one, sorry.

Yes, here in America we are blessed to be able to do anything that is not strictly illegal. However, to my mind at least, there is a difference between something being explicitly stated as legal and it simply not being illegal. A very minor thing perhaps but a distinction to my mind.