Pot makes people stupid. I know potheads. They are much dumber than they were 10 years ago.
I have never tried it or felt any inclination to try it.
Have you really asked everyone in America if they’ve tried it?
And do you think that drunks are any smarter?
The use of alcohol has far more profound and lasting effects, not only on the brain but also the whole body. It can destroy lives and would never make it past the FDA if it were discovered today. And yet I don't see anyone advocating alcohol prohibition.
"Potheads", like drunks, are the exception not the norm of users.
Almost everyone I knew in college smoked marijuana at least a few times.
I know many extraordinarily successful people who use marijuana and I have not seen any ill effect on them.
These people employ hundreds and a few, thousands of people, have private jet money and are otherwise corporate conservative types.
Trust me they are anything but dumb or even slow. Democrats, yes, but not dumb or slow.