[mysterio]

There's nothing liberal about restraining the government from forbidding its citizens to own a plant. That's the conservative position, in fact.

You can't be seriously arguing that marijuana has a greater detrimental impact on health than alcohol does.

I don't want either of them to be illegal. Alcohol is available to adults, and marijuana should be as well.

[SoldierDad]

You can't be seriously arguing that marijuana has a greater detrimental impact on health than alcohol does.

Do you work with the children of parents who used marijuana? Have you dealt with the impact this drug causes on these children's learning processes? Alcohol has an effect on the physical development of these children, as well as the mental development. So, because marijuana's effects are only related to mental development, and not physical development, we should legalize it? It's okay that children of these parents suffer significant learning disabilities since there are no physical effects? I'm not buying the argument. I'm also not entering into your "debate" on the merits of one detrimental substance over another one. This is like having an argument with a child who complains about being in trouble for an act that one of his/her friends got away with.

[Mr. Silverback]

There's nothing liberal about restraining the government from forbidding its citizens to own a plant. That's the conservative position, in fact.

Whether legalization is a good idea or a bad idea, making pot out to be the equivalent of a spider plant is somewhat silly.