>Alcohol use is not a cause of wife-beating. It just so
>happens that more drunkards abuse wives. There is a
>correlation, not a cause. Most people who get drunk _don't_
>hit their spouses.

Yes I realize that. But I was using that example as a way to compare the effects of the two. Alcohol itself isn't going to beat someone up, yes, but the people who are most likely TO hit their wife are probably going to be less likely to do it if they were high rather than drunk.

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>I would say that legalizing it is a bad decision - its like
>telling underage people its alright to drug up once you reach
>a certain age, and it'll make getting drugs a lot easier than
>it is now, which is still pretty damned easy. Keep it illegal,
>make it harder for people to get it.

But it is! It's perfectly ok to "drug up" on all the alcohol and tobacoo you want... AFTER you reach 18 and 21.


>
>While I'm not saying that all evil in the world is caused by
>people on drugs, I will say that I've never seen
>marijuana/hemp/whatever else do anything really positive for a
>person outside of draining a couple of thousand dollars per
>year that could be going to something more useful.

I, personally, can not work high. But there are other people who say they can't work unless their high. When I stoned I just stand there stuck on stupid like a zombie. Again, other people say that's them sober.

To each his own I guess.