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And yet the lesser of the two evils is the one which remains federally illegal. The harm caused by this prohibition far outweighs the harm of some people feelin

• vkou 4y ago
  Prohibiton is next to over. > Articles like this which only focus on negatives of cannabis help perpetuate the even greater harms of cannabis prohibition. Knee-jerking against articles like this is perpetuate harm by keeping people in the dark about the very real drawbacks of the drug. You can't make an informed decision about using it without actually know the pros and cons.
  • ellopoppit 4y ago
    >Prohibiton is next to over. Tell that to the people who continue to be put in prison every day for a plant that is far less harmful than sugar and alcohol >Knee-jerking against articles like this is perpetuate harm by keeping people in the dark about the very real drawbacks of the drug. You can't make an informed decision about using it without actually know the pros and cons. Even worse than that, you can't make an informed decision about cannabis when the government, scientists, and the media have been lying to everyone for decades, implicitly and explicitly, in telling them that cannabis is more harmful, addictive, and sickening than sugar and alcohol. Correcting those lies and adding relative comparative context is not "knee-jerking", its promoting science which can save lives. Why does that upset you so greatly? I'm not saying people shouldnt be informed about how/how not to use cannabis