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In what way is it deviant?

It makes people weak, unable to control themselves and resist urges. That transfers to other areas of life or even civilization.

please provide scientific proof of these claims. i know many successful potheads that do not have any of those issues.

And I know many potheads that see dragons. Please provide a scientific proof your potheads don't suffer from accelerated cognitive decline.

https://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/the-effects-of-...

https://practicalneurology.com/articles/2015-oct/recreationa...

"Those with cannabis dependence at the first three or four follow-up visits experienced significant cognitive decline from three to eight IQ points. This was noted in the persistence of cannabis users and those with cannabis dependence."

You are a free person, but why impose this danger on everyone? You can always skirt the law if you decide so, why make other people in their most formative years dumb?

They used to say the same thing about motion pictures last century: https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19131008&id=...

I remember reading that quite a lot of people didn't like Elvis too for his provocative dancing and believed he'd have a corrupting influence on the youth of the time.

In retrospect these things didn't turn out to be so bad after all.

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