The 2018 Midterm elections are a referendum on The Devil's Weed.
Clearly we need to facts to make the right decision. Yet when people
look at the existing scientific studies, they end saying that nationwide pot legalization would lead to
Quote:
– 20,000 fewer prisoners (but they might switch to other criminal enterprises)
– 700,000 fewer arrests
– $2 billion less in law enforcement costs
– Some amount of positive gain (let’s say $5 billion) in taxes
– 4500 fewer road traffic deaths (if you believe the preliminary alcohol substitution numbers)
|
Two words:
FAKE SCIENCE.
We can do better. Here's my research so far.
Data Point 1: Pot smokers like to get sucked by leaches. Or something:
Maybe the leeches drop off because they got high on your blood? Or do they get the munchies and suck you more? I don't get it.
Data Point 2: A talking gay hallucination tells kids that reefers are unhealthy like cigarettes, make you talk weird, will reduce your boner frequency (because every young man is plagued by a lack of boners):
Were they trying to get people to switch to LSD instead? Is pot so bad even LSD is better?
Data Point 3: Hmmm. It must have been really hard to keep up with youth culture, before Urban Dictionary and Knowyourmeme.com.
This is harder than I thought. I'm going to need a stiff drink.