Many die young from the consequences of drinking - but we've rightly decided that banning alcohol is not the answer.
And you, by your own admission, have contributed to an illegal world that is marked by death and destruction to multitudes.
As have those who support the criminalization of non-rights-violating marijuana growing, sale, and use.
As the cliche has it, you can drink and not get drunk, but you can’t smoke dope without getting high.
If one drinks more than a ceremonial sip of a wine toast, one probably experiences relaxation - which is all many uses of pot are intended to do. Any distinction there is far to thin a reed on which to hang the regulated legality of one versus the complete illegality of the other.
Are you going to try to claim that getting high on dope bears no consequence whatsoever?
What a silly straw man - using alcohol, tobacco, or bacon double cheeseburgers do not "bear no consequence whatsoever".
You miss understand me completely.
I care not a bit if you smoke dope. Go ahead, knock yourself out.
I just resent people like you corrupting the young.
OK, blame it on the weed. I’ve lost the bubble on this thread. Are we really disagreeing here or agreeing? Are we really arguing that the government needs to retain power over individuals on this issue? With a corrupt FBI, IRS, House, Senate and more? With illegal people crawling all over the country under the cover of a corrupt judiciary? And we want the government to continue to use marijuana arrests to strip citizens of their possessions? Like I said, is there really a yuge disagreement here?