And where exactly in your definition of conservatism is it illegal to sell or partake in something between consenting adults? I think you are much more REPUBLICAN than CONSERVATIVE but not quite sharp enough to see the difference.
A real conservative would believe in personal responsibility. I know I do. If he wants to smoke or sell weed, there's nothing wrong with that. If he ends up having problems because if it, it's his own fault. Plenty of people can handle having some drinks, smoking some pot, or taking some pills without you nanny types thinking they know best. Conservative should embrace it as a personal choice. Republicans who think that they should be able to control this at the force of a gun are no better than Democrats.
Great points! I would also like someone who favors federal regulation of narcotics to tell me where in the Constitution the federal government derives the power to regulate what substances an adult citizen can or cannot consume.
Sure, drugs are not good for people. However, alcohol, tobacco, fatty foods, and numerous other LEGAL things are not good for people either. Either the government has the right to regulate our behavior for our own good or it does not. I would argue that it does not.
Yes, it is conservative to be against drug dealers.
Your argument that selling illegal drugs on the streets is conservative is beyond silly.
This is the same kind of thing the hard left has been doing for 40 years, they just say the most insane things, up is down, down is up, until they get the laws and cultural breakdown that they are pushing for.
You may as well tell us that accepting gay marriage is conservative, how about abortion, porn, homosexuals in the military?
If you want to argue for those things, then do it, but don’t get so silly as to claim that they are conservative.