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by mbrock 3745 days ago
Such an argument should mention the likelihood of a ban actually being enforced in a functional and just way.

"The public" may wish to eliminate all mind-altering substances, but the allure of altering the mind is strong, and the enormous contingent of people who desire to consume is going to have to be repressed.

The argument about family and relations, for example, is not so straightforward. What's preferrable, a dad who smokes cannabis or a dad who's in prison?

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I know some people who would have been better off if their dad smoking cannibis wans't there. Not saying prison, but they were a terrible influence.
That some people are bad parents doesn't seem to justify making cannabis consumption criminal.