Comment on Sagan, you look high.
Dengalicious@lemmygrad.ml 3 weeks agoNo, I look at the actual evidence that marijuana causes violence in things like domestic abuse (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7525024/) as well as being tied to bipolar disorder and schizophrenia (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7084484), both of which cause violent actions. I think that we should support users in trying to get off it and focus on education rather than criminalization but it is dangerous none-the-less.
So you also advocate making alchool illegal? (overwhelming evidence of alcohol contributing to violence, domestic of otherwise) Note how I wrote “contribute” and not cause.
Human behavioural problems are complicated as well as their causes. Blaming them solely on substances is dishonest and steers us away from the real causes.
We aren’t discussing alcohol. I obviously oppose it and also support criminalizing it with fierce aggression but that’s completely irrelevant to this discussion, there are many other things I also support criminalizing
Z_Poster365@hexbear.net 3 weeks ago
correlation doesn’t equal causation. weed is very popular and used hundreds of millions of times every day, of course it will be co-existing with all the realities of the world. It doesn’t mean that it causes them.
Dengalicious@lemmygrad.ml 3 weeks ago
It causes slower reaction times. People still attempt to drive/ride a bike even with alcohol so they will likely do so with marijuana. There is substantial evidence tying its usage to violence and mental illness. That is reason enough to oppose it
Z_Poster365@hexbear.net 3 weeks ago
No it isn’t and you’re a fascist boomer
Dengalicious@lemmygrad.ml 3 weeks ago
Or…they could just not sell things that kill people. Sorry, I didn’t realize that every AES state is “pro child-enslavement”.