Answering the Libertarian argument for drug legalization

[AceArcher]

Originally Posted by MissSmallAimsSmall

" Although the addictive potential of cannabis is often compared with the addictive potential of alcohol and tobacco, the author concludes that the characteristics of cannabis tolerance are similar to those of opiate dependence." -The addictive potential of cannabis.

Are we only cherry picking particular statements in biased studies for materiel now?

well in that case here is my contribution; Oh but mine is from a non biased source.

Research has shown the overall addiction potential for cannabis to be less than for caffeine,[19] tobacco, alcohol, cocaine or heroin, but slightly higher than that for psilocybin, mescaline, LSD.[44] In a survey conducted by NIDA in 1994, epidemiologist James Anthony found that of those who tried marijuana at least once, about 9 percent eventually became addicted. While this is not negligible, it was still lower than other drugs which were evaluated. The corresponding figure for alcohol was 15 percent; for cocaine, 17 percent; for heroin, 23 percent; and for nicotine, 32 percent.[45]


9 percent vs.... 15,17,23, and 32 percent? Oh and that's only if we refer take the very very loose definition of saying that dependancy and addiction are basically the same thing.