Up In Smoke

Townhall.com ^ | November 15, 2018 | Derek Hunter

[zeugma]

Good point, but think of it this way: A libertarian approach that allows people to drink and smoke whatever they want — combined with an authoritarian approach that requires employers to pay for medical insurance for their employees — is an absolute ‘effing disaster.

Are we also going to monitor people's salt intake? How about how much alcohol they consume?

I think the existence of socialist government policy is not a valid excuse to further erode our rights.

[Alberta's Child]

Right -- I agree with you. My point is that libertarianism really only works if it is broad in its implementation. I would prefer to legalize any narcotic but at the same time eliminate most of the regulations we impose on employers.

If I'm paying you to work for me, I'm only really concerned about what affects your work. If I have to pay for medical insurance that covers your whole family, then your entire family is now my business. I have every right to demand drug tests for THEM, too!

[zeugma]

Good luck requiring drug tests for the whole family even with our modern police state.

[zeugma]

My last reply came out a bit more snide than I intended. My apologies.

I see where you are coming from, but from my point of view, I want all the stupid regulations done away with. Rather than waiting until some magical day when we can get rid of them all at once, I'm all for striking any that we can as we go along.

[Alberta's Child]

I know. LOL. I’m just using that to illustrate the inherent conflict presented when you have government meddle in personal or business relationships.

[Alberta's Child]

Oh, no worries. I understood your point completely, and it didn’t come across the wrong way at all!

[Buckeye McFrog]

What kind of a people have to drug themselves just to get through the day?

I have to admit, during eight years of Obama, I thought about it.

[Pining_4_TX]

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/10/30/662127406/when-adolescents-give-up-pot-their-cognition-quickly-improves?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social

Giving up pot helps the brain. Between drugs and binge drinking, what will become of the next generation? Already there is more liver damage among 25-35 year-olds than in the older set. This does not bode well for the future.

I understand that many people have tried weed. I am an old gal and never did. It was not so acceptable in my younger days.

[Lean-Right]

“losing all motivation to do anything else”

Except eat...
Many cried when they stopped making
Twinkies.