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Originally Posted by paulyoung666
personally i think it is a very bad move , i just think it will encourage more ppl to start dabbling in drugs and when the effects of cannabis arent strong enough for them then they may be tempted into stronger drugs , downward spiral time  , my twopennorth anyways  |
How exactly will it encourage them? For all practical purposes cannabis has been a class C drug for years now, the change in legislation merely recognises the current situtation.
As for the argument that they would be tempted to try harder drugs, that relies on the old "cannabis as a gateway drug" argument, which has absolutely no evidence in support of it anyway.
I suspect that this is the only post I`m going to make in this thread as I can already anticipate the way it is going to go, and frankly it's an argument not worth having. People bang on about the harmful effects of cannabis, by smoking a joint or two you are somehow in league with the devil. However, go out into town on a Friday night, get lagered up and turn into an objectional a**ehole and that is acceptable social behaviour.