I don’t care if you want to get stoned out of your mind.
Smoke weed.
Shoot heroin.
Snort meth.
Good luck to you.
BUT....
The issue is whether I have to pay for you sitting on your a$$ because you’re a zombie, or your medical expenses when you screw up.
Because with welfare and Obamacare, I’ve got to pay for your idiocy.
So if you want to flush yourself down the toilet, it shouldn’t be on my dime.
Bingo. The solution to many ills involves taking away that which makes wrongful behavior comfortable & profitable, and recognizing no solution will be without its flaws. Respect a person’s freedom to fail - and fail hard. Respect citizen’s duty to care for each other - without legislating a gun to someone else’s head and saying “you deal with it”.
Ah, but that's the problem. It most certainly will be on your dime, and nothing will change that, now or in the future.
As for me, I lean towards the Singapore solution.
Because with welfare and Obamacare, I’ve got to pay for your idiocy.
So if you want to flush yourself down the toilet, it shouldn’t be on my dime.
" Yes! Good enough to repeat a few times. FOOD STAMP and WELFARE recipients should be required to take a DRUG TEST.
Pot removes ambition. It should remain illegal. Smoking pot is part of the COUNTER culture. That means you must make a conscious decision to break the law if you want to smoke pot. But getting caught with personal possession of pot should get you stiff fines and never jail time. Just like truck drivers must have clean driving records, some jobs and all welfare should require clean drug records.
Amen. Like alcoholism, the do-gooder progressives will reclassify a BEHAVIOR as a DISEASE and we'll end up paying for it.