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[–] [email protected] 80 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (18 children)

“Chronic cannabis use makes you stupid, to put it bluntly, and can also cause psychosis,” Thomas Fischbach, president of a German federation of doctors for children and adolescents (BVKJ), told the Die Welt newspaper.

Meanwhile, at Oktoberfest...

The drunken debauchery often leads to fights, aggressive behavior, and bierleichen — so-called "beer corpses," which is what locals call the many passed out drunks lying on the hill behind the tents.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 11 months ago (12 children)

Cannabis bad doesn't mean alcohol good

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (4 children)

That's not even the argument which was being made if that's what you're implying.

Their argument is simply: why is alcohol legal if it's much more harmful?

[–] Rediphile 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

But... alcohol should be legal, no? Despite the harm it causes, prohibition simply does not work.

Cannabis can also cause harm (albeit less harm than alcohol) but should also still be legal. And other drugs like fentanyl (arguably) cause more harm than alcohol...but should also be legal.

Prohibition is literally never a realistic solution to any drug or drug problems. Not a single country has ever had success.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

yeah, alcohol is legal so why not weed. you're missing the point.

[–] Rediphile 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I literally just said both should be legal.

But weed shouldn't be legal because alcohol is legal. It should be legal because it should be legal, just like alcohol and fentanyl should be legal.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

yeah, you were making an argument but agreeing with everyone. I think you're just missing the point. Alcohol being legal is a hypocrisy people are point out, not a logical argument lmao

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