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Weed on the other hand, is harmless and if anything should be legalized above alcohol, which just like illicit drugs can be deadly if use is uninhibited.

I don't know that it's 'harmless', for instance: smoking it will still cause smoke damage to your lungs... and an absence of sobriety has significant potential for harm if used irresponsibly (especially with more inherently dangerous tasks, such as driving heavy equipment).

Certainly, it is nowhere near as dangerous as the ever-prevalent alcohol... but the legality of a drug is not necessarily related to the level of danger in using said drug either recreationally in a 'responsible' manner... or perhaps much less so.

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You know, if I wanted to I could buy a pack of cigarettes, smoke the whole packet, and not become addicted, plus have absolutely zero effect on my long-term health. I choose not to.

Or, you could become addicted to the nicotine in them by the third one in. You really can't know if 'this time' you'll become addicted, since that's just not how these things work ^_^

Psychological dependence on ___ is not so much related to what ___ is... but on the circumstances which allowed ___ to fill a void where things are missing in a life. I really don't think it's unconnected that many consistent drug users are miserable (it's a stereotype, argue it if yall like), especially considering that drugs mess with the chemicals in the person's head, and are an easily connected to physical 'thing' that they can associate with those 'feelings'.

Whether that void be financial, emotional, sexual, sensual, romantic, physical, or of sheer bordom... if anything gives a person a psychological, physical, mental, spiritual, or whatever 'fullness' <for whatever reason>: there is a potential for them to 'crave' that 'thing'. Drugs get a reputation for being 'addictive' precisely because there is a significant potential for eventual psychological (and even physical) dependence through repeated use... and in some (few) cases, it might only take the one use (heroin).

Notation: smaller dosages correspond to a smaller chance of addiction formulating through use

Cocaine becomes addictive when used regularly. Regular use encourages pleasure receptors in your brain to respond to coke and become unresponsive to their previous stimuli. Without regular use the risks associated with cocaine are very low.

The same is true of all drugs. Cocaine isn't some special exception to the world of the mighty chemicals

Nonsense. I hate drugs, but I don't spurt bullshit to make my point, nor do I like to listen to bullshit.

You don't spurt bullshit to make you're point? Maybe your problem is that you don't hear yourself, and thusly don't notice?

Cannabis stays in your body, and your body is still affected by it, for far longer than alcohol. That's why alcohol is legal and cannabis isn't.

Because mild brain damage and moderate liver damage aren't long-term, right?

Alcohol is legal for cultural reasons, as hemp was quite legal before cotton wanted a stranglehold on the fiber market. I wonder if it is really illegal to grow cannabis in the USA, since my elementary and middle school 'DARE' program seemed dead-set on telling me about people arrested for growing it

Least you can make alcohol if you're licensed.