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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 21 Nov 2015

    Is there now sufficient empirical evidence that legalizing marijuana doesn't result in disaster?

    2:38 PM - 21 Nov 2015
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      2. S M Sohan‏ @smsohan 21 Nov 2015
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg define "disaster". It looks like most people consider economy as the single concerning factor.

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      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 21 Nov 2015
        Replying to @smsohan

        @smsohan Everyone upgrading to heroin.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. S M Sohan‏ @smsohan 21 Nov 2015
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg In 2013, 10,076 people were killed in alcohol-impaired driving crashes http://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafety/impaired_driving/impaired-drv_factsheet.html …

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      5. S M Sohan‏ @smsohan 21 Nov 2015
        Replying to @smsohan

        @paulg people using the logic that marijuana is less harmful than alcohol. Not sure how I'd justify either.

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      1. Tim Bray‏Verified account @timbray 21 Nov 2015
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        @paulg Stand by; Canada is about to throw another 35 million test-cases at the conjecture.

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      2. Denny Cherry‏Verified account @mrdenny 21 Nov 2015
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        @paulg @jasonhorner but it might still, so we should still ruin people's lives over a joint.

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      3. Jason Horner‏ @jasonhorner 21 Nov 2015
        Replying to @mrdenny

        @mrdenny @paulg need more research

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      1. Adam Singer‏Verified account @AdamSinger 21 Nov 2015
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        @paulg if anyone even bothered to look at the science this was never remotely a concern.

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      2. Zack Kanter‏Verified account @zackkanter 21 Nov 2015
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg spent the last few days in LA but when I left Colorado on Monday, it had not yet descended into anarchy.

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      3. Daniel Zacek‏ @dzacek 21 Nov 2015
        Replying to @zackkanter

        @zackkanter @paulg descending into anarchy would require putting down the Doritos and getting up off the couch first.

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      1. Colin Percival‏ @cperciva 21 Nov 2015
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        @paulg To the contrary, all available evidence suggests that legalizing marijuana *has* been a disaster... for organized crime, that is.

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      1. Paul Turner‏ @skyviewPaul 21 Nov 2015
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        @paulg I'd call eating three bags of Cheetos in one sitting potentially disastrous.

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      1. Panu Horsmalahti‏ @panuhorsmalahti 21 Nov 2015
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        @paulg Yup.

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      2. Lee Maier‏ @leemaier 21 Nov 2015
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg is there any sufficient empirical evidence that it would? That should be the basis for a law against it.

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      3. Ilya Gerner‏ @igerner 21 Nov 2015
        Replying to @leemaier

        @leemaier showing legalization increases availability to youth. But there's also evidence that prohibition is even worse

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      4. Lee Maier‏ @leemaier 21 Nov 2015
        Replying to @igerner

        @igerner that sounds like a circumstance, not a disaster but point taken.

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      5. Ilya Gerner‏ @igerner 21 Nov 2015
        Replying to @leemaier

        @leemaier we're on the same side here, but I know one well-regarded study that showed an 8 point IQ decline among heavy users

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      6. Trev‏ @PrecariousPhoto 21 Nov 2015
        Replying to @igerner

        @igerner @leemaier uh, link plz, I've yet to see any well controlled studies showing any decline in adults. But hey, maybe you found one.

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      7. Ilya Gerner‏ @igerner 21 Nov 2015
        Replying to @PrecariousPhoto

        @PrecariousPhoto @leemaier I was referring to study that looked at people who started in adolescence: http://m.pnas.org/content/109/40/E2657.full …

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      8. Trev‏ @PrecariousPhoto 21 Nov 2015
        Replying to @igerner

        @igerner @leemaier but I also wouldn't be encouraged kids, mine or anyone's to get into drugs/booze as teenagers.

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      9. Ilya Gerner‏ @igerner 21 Nov 2015
        Replying to @PrecariousPhoto

        @PrecariousPhoto I don't want to get too deep in the weeds here because I fundamentally agree with full legalization

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