[Orangedog]

This isn’t some libertarian, individual “right”, as the impacts to society are long term and severe.

So the US was just millions of drug crazed maniacs until the early 1900's? Too stoned for the industrial revelation, intercontinental railroads, harnessing electricity, the telegraph, telephone, airplane. None of that happened until drugs were made illegal?

[G Larry]

Is there some valid correlation between then and now?

NOOOOO!!!!!!!