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Originally Posted by Niamh.

This is so true, except there's a stronger chance that whatever stupid thing that happened while you were drunk wasn't actually an accident, just seemed like a good idea in the drunken haze. Alcohol changes personalities far more drastically than smoking weed does in my experience

Absolutely, you're more likely to fall victim to an assault from someone who's drunk than someone who's high

Originally Posted by jaxie

Coming from a home with an alcoholic parent, I'm inclined to agree that maybe we should.

And that's perfectly understandable, my point is however is that since alcohol is a far more damaging drug - both physically and socially - than weed, it makes very little sense to oppose the legalisation of the latter, but not care as much about the former. Evidently given your experience this doesn't apply to you, which is fine, but what I'd then say is that since alcohol is certainly not going to be criminalised anytime soon, I see very little reason why cannabis shouldn't be legalised too. The positives far outweigh the benefits.