[Impy]

One would think that the drug-legalization crowd would have matured enough that their arguments today weren't the same as in the liner notes to a Cypress Hill album from 30 years ago.

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I take that back, the argument has improved somewhat; legalization proponents no longer talk quite so much about how hemp is a really strong fabric that may be used for clothing and stuff

Yeah, they seem to have outgrown that argument, which was always just a pretense, as is it's "medicinal value", which is the new pretense. I'd prefer an honest "we just want to high out of our minds".

[ConservingFreedom]

it's "medicinal value", which is the new pretense.

No pretense - the National Academy of Sciennces' Institute of Medicine reports: "there are patients with debilitating symptoms for whom smoked marijuana might provide relief. [...] Until a nonsmoked rapid-onset cannabinoid drug delivery system becomes available, we acknowledge that there is no clear alternative for people suffering from chronic conditions that might be relieved by smoking marijuana, such as pain or AIDS wasting." - Marijuana and Medicine: Assessing the Science Base (1999)

I'd prefer an honest "we just want to high out of our minds".

Legally competent adults who want to get a little or a lot drunk or high must in a free society enjoy the liberty to do so.