tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1745073706394671199.post5306279555238866091..comments2010-12-14T23:00:36.944-08:00Comments on allinthegame: Dmerrin10000http://www.blogger.com/profile/18355664808534645943noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1745073706394671199.post-9558977238295629262010-10-13T11:24:24.155-07:002010-10-13T11:24:24.155-07:00The problem I have with the "marijuana is a g...The problem I have with the "marijuana is a gateway drug" argument, is that if that were true, every pothead in America would be a heroine addict and it simply isn't true. The gateway argument is nearly always fallacious in that it can be shown to "prove" almost anything. Allow me to provide an example: In a study of 100 pedophiles, it was shown that nearly 90 percent of them attended Sunday school and church as a child. We can therefor make the logic leap that organized religion is the gateway or has a causal effect to creating pedophiles - and of course we know that's just silly. So once you take that argument out of the equation, it makes no sense not to legalize it, tax it and stop imprisoning people for the use of it. What we're not spending in warehousing these people in prisons can be used to pay for many other programs. It's a far better use of our financial resources.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11586746008987607268noreply@blogger.com