I already explained in one of my previous posts that, apart from having puffed half a joint - once - fifteen years ago, I have never touched marijuana. (And I have have had absolutely NO use of any other illicit drug.) So I don't understand why you are lecturing me, Persevero.
And even if you meant to write "If one thinks that one is as good a parent when stoned as when not, one is in denial. One should put down the dope and get real." - Well, I have already said that I think that, on the whole, sobriety is a good thing. But there are a million other things that are likewise "good" (church attendance, alcohol consumption, etc.), yet can and should not be legislated .
Regards,
“So I don’t understand why you are lecturing me, Persevero”
I hardly think a three sentence response is a lecture.
I don’t like the use of the “one” construction in English - I find it awkward. I am glad you don’t use pot.
Yes, there are a million things that are better for kids. Salad, good shoes, quiet and dark for sleeping, days at the park. It’s a continuum.
As a society we decide which things are so far along on the continuum as to need legislation. I think recreational drug abuse is one of those things. You mention alcohol consumption - I think drunkenness should be and actually is legislated against - in the sense that taking care of dependents while inebriated is indeed felony child endangerment. I support this law as well.