Why is alcohol not banned but weed is?

They tried banning alcohol once. It didn't go well.

Ever heard of prohibition? Yeah, banning alcohol isn't such a good idea.

Those are different issues. Once you make them all legal, there will be some fall out but hey, it will even out. Plus the cool factor will have been eliminated so drug use will go down if it is well regulated. I am in favor of banning people from driving, or operating machinery if they choose to be a drug abuser. So lets issue licenses for anyone to get for free that puts them on a driver and other machinery ban and let them have all the drugs they would ever want. It also prohibits recuscitation or any health care related to their drug use.

No bmc. All drugs should be legal. If people want to do drugs they can and not bankrupt their families. If people want to destroy their brains on weed or any other drugs let them. It's called natural selection. Once it is legal it takes a lot of the impetus to do it out of the picture. It isn't as 'cool' when it is legal. Airplane glue is just as bad and can be purchased almost anywhere for under 2 dollars. Enough to kill you in a 2 dollar package. Not many do it because it is cheap and easy to acquire.

You are the one deflecting to this chemical addiction dodge. It is addictive. People who continually seek pot are addicted.

MyersFan1978 My opinion is that anyone who chooses to drink or use drugs because of depression made a stupid decision, but it's also one that I can at least understand. If you're depressed, you're not using your right mind because you're suffering from an ailment, so while it is unwise and a bad choice, it isn't like you did it just cos you're dumb.

If it wasnt addictive sales would not be increasing

More powerful lobby groups.

@MyersFan1978 Apparently MasterLee is convinced that making something up and then saying it causes it to become true by sorcery. He has now decided that weed, no matter how unpleasant it may be to smoke, is an addictive substance.

We should legalize all drugs. That isn't the point. The point is it effects your brain and blocks the ability to learn. People who smoke weed just want to talk about weed, and where they get their next hit. Every bit as addicting as harder drugs.

@MasterLee and @BlueMetalChick. Have you been addicted to drugs or alcohol because i have been addicted to both i know how they work and how they feel. cocaine and alcohol . Not weed coz that just stupid . You cant get addicted to weed

i disagree with you on the other things but weed is way better for you than alcohol . There is political reasons why weed is still banned but overall alcohol messes you up beyond belief @BlueMetalChick

Banning alcohol is not a very successful idea, as the 1920's Prohibition showed us. Humans have been addicted beyond rescue to alcohol for millennia and it's pitiful.

@MasterLee I think it should not be legal to take any drug that causes you to go complete insane and stab people. That's not okay. Shit like angel dust does that. People go out onto the street and start slashing random pedestrians or shoot up a Walmart when on angel dust. Drugs that make you do that should not be allowed. Other than that, why the hell not. Wanna do coke, fine, go ahead. Wanna smoke fuckin' meth, whatever. Just as long as you DO NOT DRIVE A CAR when you do it, because you're allowed obviously to endanger your own life as much as you want, but don't endanger others.

No, it is not every bit as addictive as harder drugs. It is not physically addictive. You cannot form a chemical addiction to cannabis, nor can you to many drugs. You CAN and WILL form a chemical dependence to alcohol, heroin, codeine, morphine, methamphetamine, and any barbiturate drug. THAT is much more addictive, much more dangerous, and much more damaging to your body.

I would agree on your first statement that drugs should be legalized, with the exception of drugs like PCP/angel dust which cause intense psychotic episodes because that's extremely unsafe for those around the user.

"You just want to smoke weed. Admit it."
*does not smoke weed*
*does not want to smoke weed*
"You just want to smoke weed. Admit it."
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You can tell lots of people they are wrong bmc, doesn't mean they are, and statements from ignorance help the case to prove that the drug is bad.

I understand how these drugs work both physically and socially. You fail to see both sides. You just want to smoke weed. Admit it.

Yes people who smoke pot are constantly seeking their next hit but let's fool ourselves and not call it addiction.

No I have never been addicted to any drug. No one is making anything up. It is ok if you to want to smoke pot, just do it.

@BlueMetalChick. Have you took or been addicted to either? I am not arguing just curious

@BlueMetalChick. You got a lot of hate but you was alright lol. We never talked but u were ok hahahaha

To a young brain, maybe. The damage from weed comes in the form of smoke the worst. Smoke is godawful for your entire body, your respiratory system, your eyes, your blood, everything. Alcohol however is a physically addictive drug, unlike marijuana, cocaine, crack, LSD, ecstasy, or mescaline. Alcohol causes your body to form a physical dependence on it like heroin and morphine do, and that is really fucking dangerous.

No, MasterLee, alcohol is going to be pretty fucking devastating to your body and brain no matter your age.

@PissAndVinegar. Cool name btw. weed is not addictive. Thats no opinion its fact

@MyersFan1978 Probably the biggest reason cannabis is illegal is because of hemp. Hemp is a plant that can be used to make everything from rope to paper to clothing, and that's really fucking dangerous for the cotton and lumber industries. So to find a reason to outlaw hemp, they said "Well it can be made into marijuana which is a drug so it needs to be illegal."

Weed can do as much damage to a young brain as any alcohol

Actually i dont care in either case. Smoke pot to help the economy.

Yeah cool. I am calling the grow supply since it isnt addictive.

@BlueMetalChick. Sorry lol. i remember you from ep lol

@BlueMetalChick. Are u talking to me because i am talking to u

@MyersFan1978 I've drank and I've smoked weed but don't much care for either. Weed just makes me feel sluggish and slow and kinda tired, but I can't sleep, and I feel hungry but nothing seems appetizing, and I wanna do stuff but I'm too tired. It's like being incredibly bored. Alcohol makes me feel angry and aggressive and I want to break things and hurt people.

I should go into the growing business to help out.

I am not, in any way, claiming that it is not addictive. I am telling you that you are wrong when you say it is EQUALLY AS ADDICTIVE as drugs which form chemical dependence. It IS addictive, psychologically, because it causes cravings. It is NOT as addictive as other substances like smack or meth.

No i am suggesting a capitalist argument.

Depends on your age as to how much damage it does

Yes, you're making things up, Lee. When you said cannabis is as addicting as any hard drug, that simply is not true. A drug that does not form chemical dependence is not as addictive as one that does. Weed and coke and peyote are not as addictive as heroin and meth and morphine.

You're right about the "cool factor." So many people think that doing things that are illegal, like snorting coke or smoking weed, makes them cool and rebellious and badass. When really, it just makes them a dummy.

I rest my case

Stating facts is now "statements from ignorance?" Do you understand how these drugs work, or do you just think "If I make up some shit and type it on the internet, it magically becomes true?"

@MasterLee. Its a fact that weed is not addictive. Its scientifically proven. Cocain is, alcohol is over time with alcohol cocaine you get hooked sooner

@BlueMetalChick. Weed should be legal and alcohol should be banned. Weed is not addictive like alcohol is and it doesn't fuck you up as much

@BlueMetalChick. I took drugs and alcohol because i was depressed and i got addicted. What is you opinion on those ppl?

For cultural reasons alcohol is seen as being more acceptable. I personally, think they both are bad.

And is that, MasterLee, a chemical addiction? Answer me that question. Is it, or is it not?