re: “Marijuana is not harmless. The opposite is true and the evidence keeps growing“

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Why do you draw the line at "toxins" and no other risky activity?

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I don’t.

Why do you assume that I would?

This thread is about “toxins”.

I am not going to reference every single situation.

Also, despite your response to the “withdrawal” post, marijuana has withdrawal symptoms…and is addictive.

There is a plethora of research that is both old and new that shows this.

“Withdrawal” does not imply “deadly”, like we see with alcohol, heroin, etc.

Caffeine has withdrawal symptoms, and much like caffeine, I am not arguing marijuana should be illegal.

It should be treated, socially, the same way we treat alcohol and cigarettes.

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Playing sports is risky. Should you be barred from using health insurance/medicare/medicaid if you injure yourself playing golf or tennis?

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Where did I say you shouldn’t have health insurance?

If you are paying for your own health insurance, you can do what you want.

What exactly are you arguing that I am saying?

As for using governmental services, yes they should have restrictions on what you can and cannot do.

I like how you, and another poster, picked the exact same type of activity though.

No, you don’t pick the most common situation, i.e. drugs, alcohol, smoking, obesity, activities that result in massive healthcare expenses and are a huge burden on America.

No, you pick the injury from golf and tennis, as if that is the most common situation faced by these individuals.



There clearly is zero nuance in your mind.

This is like the abortion argument of “you want incest rape babies to be born”.

Pick a small percentage situation and play it up as THE situation.