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Besides big pharmaceuticals, I read somewhere that some of the biggest anti-legalization of marijuana lobbyists happen to be the alcohol and tobacco industries. Ironic eh?

thank you. I posted as much in the comments section of the story in the paper today. They would have found something to argue about-human nature and all that.

I love that people against legalizing marijuana have to grasp at straws such as these to “prove” their case, since they really don’t have one.

I love that people for legalizing marijuana try to claim that marijuana doesn’t fry your brain.

With all due respect, meatball, who here said it doesn’t? In fact, who here made any claims whatsoever about what marijuana does or does not do to a person? Neither this post, nor the comments before yours, make any claims about marijuana’s healthfulness or side effects. They merely point out that Tom Casady’s comments are disingenuous and unfair. Much like yours. We can certainly have the “marijuana’s benefits do/do not outweigh its negatives” debate sometime, but that’s not what was happening here. Rather, this is a “Drug Warriors do/do not lie, exaggerate, and rely on illogic to support their anti-drug stance” discussion. It’s really quite a different topic.

Well, Karin referred to Casady’s argument as ‘grasp[ing] at straws such as these to “prove” their case, since they really don’t have one.’  So it can be assumed that Karin is arguing with Casady’s point that marijuana really isn’t a harmless recreational drug.  Furthermore, she doesn’t think that those against legalizing drugs have a case.  So if Karin is arguing with Casady, isn’t she also arguing that marijuana is indeed a harmless recreational drug? It would be difficult to argue that drugs that fry your brain are harmless recreational drugs, but I’d like to hear that.

It all depends on your definition of “harmless” and “fry your brain”, and the level to which you think the state has any business dealing with either. But for the purposes of this conversation, let’s consider that stuff off-topic. I doubt it will lead anywhere productive, and these things tend to quickly dissolve into ad hominems and the like.

With all due respect, I don’t believe I accused anyone on here of making any claims whatsoever. I simply made a personal observation.