I can definitely understand peoples’ issues with it being consumed, especially in a political context, but how do yall feel about “weed”? I won’t hide my feelings, I am very much pro-weed, it’s not great that I started in my mid-teens but in my area it’s FAR from uncommon. I don’t smoke daily or anything, I’m not addicted to it (people say it’s non-habit forming but any drug can be addictive with enough frequent usage) but I do smoke and dab w/ friends often. That’s not why I believe in legalization tho, my main thing is you shouldn’t make a naturally occurring plant an illegal substance. I’d point to the DEA’s destructive (legal) burning of thousands of naturally occurring marijuana plants found in nature; This seems eco-fascist to me and to deny the uses of hemp as a production material seems dogmatic to me. The USSR used hemp for industrial purposes during the war and it helped in a major way. I’m sure most of us are familiar with the badge given for Hemp growers. If you have any criticisms, I’m more than open to it, but I feel that marijuana won’t be easy to get rid of in future society and would probably be put to use in different more productive ways.

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    I’ve included some of this definition in my reply, which you may find useful.

    Edit: In sum, it’s not a comparison of the drugs but of the harm caused to the number of individuals and to society (comprised of individuals—it’s a bourgeois paper) in total. As cannabis is more widespread, there is more recorded harm than e.g. benzos. Not to mention that one of the criteria is the harm caused in/by policing; and the police target cannabis users/dealers at a far higher rate than benzodiazepines user/dealers.