The difference I see between tobacco and marijuana is, marijuana is much more psychoactive. It affects the mind and brain health, actually causing brain damage.
I run into trouble with this line of reasoning because everything is sort of psychoactive. Sleep is. Sugar is. Coffee is. So.
it is a matter of degree, admittedly.
In my opinion, the psychological damage done by marijuana is great enough that I think it should be banned except for TRULY medical use. I hope we can agree that the vast majority of the “medical use” for example here in California is an obvious farce.
I am not into mocking Spicoli or whatever, my position is serious, and I’m not into using perjoratives. I have lost a lot of good friends, in various ways, (death, suicide, going crazy, just generally becoming useless) to various types of drug abuse and I don’t like it when people act as though unregulated drugs is some sort of conservative position. This is a conservative site, not a conservative Libertarian site, so why are people surprised?
“Victimless crimes” a la Libertarian philosophy are a myth, IMO. I call it is I see it.
Hmmm Tobacco is physically addictive (will cause withdrawl pains) and health problems where Marijuana is only psychologically addictive... and I just don’t believe there is nearly enough evidence to say it causes anything more than the munchies and then only if its the right strain... much less brain damage... I am an organ donor, I will donate my brain to be studied to see how much damage was done maybe if somebody is still interested by then.
Yes, Thank you, we have had a very respectful discussion... the mocking part was a comment on a few others in the thread but mostly main stream public conservatives that I really was calling out.
YES on the farce of Medical cards too, there are legitimate card holders and others purely recreational... which is why it needs to be legal and not just medical.
I am simply arguing the conservative point of personal freedom, I don’t think all drugs should be legalized like most libertarians, Just a simple natural plant. I mean its legal to go buy poppy seeds right? The Heroin plant, is legal to grow, Why? because you need to process it to make Heroin I guess. That said, I do believe it needs to be handled some how better than it is now, by criminalizing, jailing, releasing and repeating...