1. The Legalization of Pot
The country learned over 80 years ago that prohibition did not prevent people from selling, drinking, or abusing alcohol. Similarly, drug prohibition does not prevent drug abuse, and it does not help addicts recover from it. ... Alcohol has also been linked to a high percentage of homicides, assaults, fights, rapes, spousal abuse, and mistreatment of children. ... Alcohol abuse leads to a variety of physical ills including bleeding ulcers, cirrhosis of the liver, stomach and intestinal inflammation, and damage to the brain and nervous system. ... Rather than lump it in with drugs such as cocai...
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