The worshiping of alcohol and demonizing of herb

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American Idiocy: Binge Drinking A-OK, Zero Tolerance on Pot
By David Sirota

We sell college students a destructive ethos that encourages them to party hard—but only with alcohol, a substance that is far more toxic than marijuana.

In the firmament of celebrated Americana, there is Mom, apple pie, football and beer—but there most certainly is not marijuana. As it relates to drugs, this bizarre culture has us implicitly accepting that people will inevitably use mind-altering substances. But through our statutes, we allow law-abiding citizens to use only one recreational substance—alcohol—that just happens to be way more hazardous than pot.

Such idiocy is the product of many variables. There’s been interest-group maneuvering and temperance-movement hypocrisy. There’s been hippie-hating rage and reefer-madness paranoia. And, most invisibly, there’s been college.

Though little noticed for its role in America’s selective War on Drugs, the university system has now become a key player shotgunning the oxymoronic “alcohol is acceptable but pot is evil” mentality down the beer-bong-primed throats of America’s youth. To see how it all works, consider the University of Colorado (CU).

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http://www.alternet.org/health/152454/american_idiocy%3A_binge_drinking_a-ok%2C_zero_tolerance_on_pot/?page=entire

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[patrice]

1. Alcohol lies to you about itself. It affects one's ability to judge one's behavior, thus insuring

its own primacy.

[benld74]

2. Govt taxes Alcohol,,, tobacco,,, Need I say more? Nudge, Nudge, wink,wink, Know what I mean?

[Sau Lan]

3. they could just as easily tax all drugs

And I mean it. The government could establish a market for the drugs and be in control of it, regulating the prices and taxation thereof. It would probably bring in a lot of money.

But back to the matter at hand, it irks me that there is such an anti-pot attitude in America today. I'd rather people ban those disgusting tobacco cigarettes and alcohol rather than hemp since those drugs are actually harmful not just to you but to others (second hand smoking & drunk driving).