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I agree to an extent - copying Portugal's policy of decriminalising all drugs would definitely be a good plan, but, I don't think we should have open shops selling 'harder' drugs such as cocaine and heroin. I think we should stick to the topic of cannabis in this thread.

By "all" I meant tobacco, alcohol, and marihuana. Sorry, I wasn't explicit enough.

I just think we should listen to the scientists, and not the politicians.

Damn right.

Racism is stereotyping based on race.

Do you watch The Big Bang Theory? "So... all thumbs are fingers, but not all fingers are thumbs". Being racist is to have negative stereotypes, but having stereotypes is not always racist. Asians are a very good example of that. If I say Asians are intelligent, it is a stereotype, but not racism. 

I think that countries that are by law against gender and race discrimination have gone too far. Sometimes it is like: "You called me fat? I'm black, you racist!". And that is no longer equality. The same when a woman attacks a man.

I personally think stereotypes are completely acceptable as long as you take them as a joke. My cousins go to school at the United States (we are Mexican) and I often see comments of their friends on Facebook that say something like: "I ate pancakes today, what did you have for breakfast? Oh, yeah, probably tacos, beans, guacamole, and quesadillas". Also, I like a lot of Facebook pages that have a dark humor, and I love jokes about Mexicans. Real comedy does not have barriers.

Make everything illegal or everything legal. That's it. Some people say no because they don't want to be walking with their kids and see someone smoking weed. Of course it is going to have its restrictions too.