Actually, my argument is the converse: Beer (and wine and whiskey and rum and...) isn’t bad, so why is pot?
Also, we allow lots of things that significantly reduce life expectancies, from cigarettes to gay sex to motorcycles. I just don’t see that as an anti-pot argument.
The way I see it, Law Enforcement, in its war against (some) drugs is more of a threat to life, liberty, and property than potheads and legalized pot. It is not that I’m crazy about legalizing pot, but that I’ve had it “up to here” with cops kicking down doors and coming in with weapons ready over pot.
So you’re sick of cops kicking down doors? So let’s have no laws, according to your logic.
No one is forcing potheads to break the law. They are responsible for THEIR actions.
In any case, many of these allegedly bad policemen find that these potheads are not just smoking pot.
“LSD lollipops for kids, anyone? Oh: And don’t break down my door.” I wish more backsides were whipped.