The 18th Amendment, 1919. It closed 177,790 saloons. It closed 1,755 breweries. Crime decreased 54%. The death rate due to liquor decreased 42%. Of the existing 98 “Keely Alcoholic Clinics”, 77 were closed. Insanity decreased 66%. When the amendment was repealed in 1933, drunkenness increased 350% and major St. Louis hospitals alone recorded a 400% increase in alcoholic patients.
We're already seeing serious side effects of this poison. Numerous threads have been posted on FR about the severe mental illness accompanying (today's) pot smoking. Educate yourself.
Saying “with respect” means nothing when what follows is disrespectful.
I’ve been on those threads, and we disagree. I don’t tell you you don’t know what you’re talking about.
I know multiple people dead from alcohol, zero from pot.
I’m not endorsing pot use, just alcohol is worse.