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The recreational use of marijuana has been glamorized over the years by such on-screen duos as Cheech & Chong and Harold & Kumar, but is the drug everything that Hollywood makes it out to be? Then again, are we being hypocritical by allowing alcohol consumption but not cannabis usage? With passionate believers on both sides of the argument, it will be interesting to see what happens when the smoke clears.
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Legal Morality
Constitutionally, it's not really the governments "right" to legislate morality. See "seperation of church and state". Nevertheless, even if it is their right, who decides what's moral and what's not? Some people believe Christianity is immoral, others believe homosexuality is immoral. The only gauge we realisticaly have for what is moral and what is not is "do my action cause harm to others or myself", and if so, "what degree of harm is acceptable". Can one say that, if legalized, privately smoking marijuana in one's home causes such harm to others or yourself that it should be prohibited? One side says, "no" while the other side says, "yes".
The bottom line: If the government should regulate morality, then all harmful immoral behaviors, especially those that promote "feel good" like Alchohol should be made illegal, not just Marijuana.
- Asemili
November 4, 2008 8:59AM
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