[presidio9]

Toothless is close to right. It was legal until six years AFTER the repeal of Prohibition. That's right. While alcohol was illegal, pot was legal. Given some of the arguments made on this thread, that is an interesting irony.

The only reason it was legal was because it was only used by a very small percantage of society. Several other mind altering drugs including cocaine and heroine once enjoyed that status. Do not irrelevance for acceptance.

[toothless]

"The only reason it was legal was because it was only used by a very small percantage of society. Several other mind altering drugs including cocaine and heroine once enjoyed that status. Do not irrelevance for acceptance. "

It wouldn't have anything to do with the fact that before the New Deal people actually knew how to read the constitution either...

[lugsoul]

What percentage, fact boy?

[RockyMtnMan]

Interestingly enough, peyote is legal on some indian reservations for use during religious ceremonies. How many native americans do you here about going on a killing spree because they were wacked out on peyote?

[lugsoul]

By the way, I didn't say it was "accepted." Once again, you can't respond to what I actually post so you make up straw men to argue with. I said it was LEGAL. Are you now taking the position that it is okay for drugs to be legal as long as a small enough percentage of people use them? Who gets to be in the chosen few?

What a joke.