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Old 06-21-2009
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Re: Make an argument as to why marijuana should be illegal....
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Originally Posted by danielpalos View Post
I think your argument is based on the fallacy of false cause concerning drugs, as a form of Commerce.

All of the social ills you enumerated can be attributed to a simple poverty of money. Would those individuals have engaged in that same behavior if they were not in official poverty?

I am of the opinion that they could be pursuing Happiness if they are not in official poverty even if they don't have a work ethic.
While you maybe correct to a certain degree, you cannot deny the fact that there are people with plenty of opportunity in their lives that get brought low by drugs. I've seen it happen to people I know. It wasn't poverty that put them there, it was the drugs. So a do refute the statement that all social ills can be blamed on poverty.
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