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Originally Posted by pesky672
And... how many times would we see people selling booze on the corner if there we didn't have about a thousand liquor stores and bars in Edmonton alone...not to mention the licensed restaurants and the fact that lots of people make their own wine and beer.
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Is this still really being compared...alcohol to illegal drugs?
28.4% of Canadians have tried pot in the last year.
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hc-ps/pubs/ad...eng.php#tbl4-1
79.4% of Canadians have had a drink in the last year.
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hc-ps/pubs/ad...eng.php#tbl3-1
interesting tables...give them a read.
The pot table...Table 4.3 Frequency of cannabis use during the past three months among total sample and past-year users, by sex, Canada, aged 15+, 2004. Is very telling. Essentially it looks like of the 28.4% that have used in the past year...the trend looks like a once a year scenario. A very high percentage did not partake in the past 3 months. A very small percentage smoked pot daily, weekly, monthly or twice in that 3 months. So really...looks like the majority do it cause it is a lark...something to do to challenge authority...like speeding. Hardly the stats that say to society we must protect any perceived "right" to smoke an illegal drug.
Table 4.4 Percentage of cannabis-related harm as assessed by ASSIST among past-three month cannabis users, by sex, Canada, aged 15+, 2004.
This shows of the group that had smoked in the last 3 months...why they smoked pot.
So to all those people that say there are tons of people around us all doing pot...the facts show that about 1/4 have used in the last year...and only a small fraction of those have used in the past 3 months.
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Originally Posted by Killerb
casual I think is around once every few weeks. Chronic would be daily.
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By this definition...there are hardly even any casual pot smokers in Canada.
Some people have alluded to it being their "right" to smoke pot. What exactly is a "right" and does this fall into that category?
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Originally Posted by Pocket Aces
The first sentance, yes I do stand up for the right for people to use marijuana and the right to see the truth.
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Originally Posted by Pocket Aces
Fantastic! I myself, have researched the truth and facts, and decided to partake is a substance that is 100% natural and refuse to not let a group of crooked politicians lie to me and deny me rights to such a plant, all based on their crooked money making plans and practices, is a matter of personal choice based upon my strong values and self confidence in life.
The right choices? How do you know your choice is right? Perhaps to yourself it is. I believe my choice (different than yours), is right. So there is no right and wrong in a general term, only to yourself.
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Originally Posted by Killerb
laws are not always morally right.
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http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/right
right/raɪt/ Show Spelled [rahyt] Show IPA adjective, -er, -est, noun, adverb, verb
adjective
1. in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
2. in conformity with fact, reason, truth, or some standard or principle;
correct: the right solution; the right answer.
3. correct in judgment, opinion, or action.
4. fitting or appropriate; suitable: to say the right thing at the right time.
5. most convenient, desirable, or favorable: Omaha is the right location for a meatpacking firm.
6. of, pertaining to, or located on or near the side of a person or thing that is turned toward the east when the subject is facing north ( opposed to left).
7. in a satisfactory state; in good order: to put things right.
8. sound, sane, or normal: to be in one's right mind; She wasn't right in her head when she made the will.
9. in good health or spirits: I don't feel quite right today.
10. principal, front, or upper: the right side of cloth.
11. ( often initial capital letter ) of or pertaining to political conservatives or their beliefs.
12. socially approved, desirable, or influential: to go to the right schools and know the right people.
13. formed by or with reference to a perpendicular: a right angle.
14. straight: a right line.
15. Geometry . having an axis perpendicular to the base: a right cone.
16. Mathematics . pertaining to an element of a set that has a given property when placed on the right of an element or set of elements of the given set: a right identity.
17. genuine; authentic: the right owner.
noun
18. a just claim or title, whether legal, prescriptive, or moral: You have a right to say what you please.
19. Sometimes, rights. that which is due to anyone by just claim, legal guarantees, moral principles, etc.: women's rights; Freedom of speech is a right of all Americans.
20. adherence or obedience to moral and legal principles and authority.
21. that which is morally, legally, or ethically proper: to know right from wrong.
22. a moral, ethical, or legal principle considered as an underlying cause of truth, justice, morality, or ethics.
23. Sometimes, rights. the interest or ownership a person, group, or business has in property: He has a 50-percent right in a silver mine. The author controls the screen rights for the book.
24. the property itself or its value.
25. Finance .
a. the privilege, usually preemptive, that accrues to the owners of the stock of a corporation to subscribe to additional shares of stock or securities convertible into stock at an advantageous price.
b. Often, rights. the privilege of subscribing to a specified amount of a stock or bond issue, or the document certifying this privilege.
26. that which is in accord with fact, reason, propriety, the correct way of thinking, etc.
27. the state or quality or an instance of being correct.
28. the side that is normally opposite to that where the heart is; the
direction toward that side: to turn to the right.
29. a right-hand turn: Make a right at the top of the hill.
30. the portion toward the right, as of troops in battle formation: Our right crumbled.
31. (in a pair) the member that is shaped for, used by, or situated on the right side: Is this shoe a left or a right?
32. the right hand: Jab with your left and punch with your right.
33. the Right,
a. the complex of individuals or organized groups opposing change in a liberal direction and usually advocating maintenance of the established social, political, or economic order, sometimes by authoritarian means.
b. the position held by these people: The Depression led to a movement away from the Right. Compare left1 ( defs. 6a, b ).
c. right wing.
34. ( usually initial capital letter ) the part of a legislative assembly, especially in continental Europe, that is situated on the right side of the presiding officer and that is customarily assigned to members of the legislature who hold more conservative or reactionary views than the rest of the members.
35. the members of such an assembly who sit on the Right.
36. Boxing . a blow delivered by the right hand: a right to the jaw.
37. Baseball . right field.
adverb
38. in a straight or direct line; straight; directly: right to the bottom; to come right home.
39. quite or completely; all the way: My hat was knocked right off.
40. immediately; promptly: right after dinner.
41. exactly; precisely: right here.
42. correctly or accurately: to guess right.
43. uprightly or righteously: to obey one's conscience and live right.
44. properly or fittingly: to behave right.
45. advantageously, favorably, or well: to turn out right.
46. toward the right hand; on or to the right: to keep right; to turn right.
47. Informal . very; extremely: a right fine day.
48. very (used in certain titles): the right reverend.
verb (used with object)
49. to put in or restore to an upright position: to right a fallen lamp.
50. to put in proper order, condition, or relationship: to right a crookedly hung picture.
51. to bring into conformity with fact; correct: to right one's point of view.
52. to do justice to; avenge: to be righted in court.
53. to redress, as a wrong.
verb (used without object)
54. to resume an upright or the proper position: After the storm the saplings righted.
Idioms
55. by rights, in fairness; justly: You should by rights have been asked your opinion on the matter.
56. in one's own right, by reason of one's own ability, ownership, etc.; in or of oneself, as independent of others: He is a rich man in his own right.
57. in the right, having the support of reason or law; correct: It pays to be stubborn when one is in the right.
58. right and left, on every side; in all directions: throwing his clothes right and left; members resigning right and left.
59. right away / off, without hesitation; immediately: She made a good impression right off.
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Ya really think anybody reads your posts? 
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