[wideawake]

But, like alcohol, otherwise legal (for adults), right?

Maybe. But it is unlike alcohol in one respect - almost no one smokes cannabis because they just enjoy the taste of it. They smoke it solely to get high.

As I've pointed out, it's not fair to prevent me from enjoying a cool lager with my cheesesteak just because some bum wants to get ripped on Everclear. That doesn't precisely analogize with cannabis.

When I drink an alcoholic beverage I may choose something with less alcohol content or more, depending on what flavor or taste I want. People who smoke cannabis will always choose the stuff with the most THC.

[Know your rights]

almost no one smokes cannabis because they just enjoy the taste of it. They smoke it solely to get high.

Not many people drink alcohol solely for the taste, and many post smokers seek no stronger a buzz than what two beers provides. The line here is much more blurred than what you seem to think.

[Protagoras]

When I drink an alcoholic beverage I may choose something with less alcohol content or more, depending on what flavor or taste I want.

So you have never been high? Or mellow? Or relaxed? Or had a buzz from any of your drinking? You only have had a drink for the taste? Can't you find a taste you like without any alcohol in it?

[tacticalogic]

When I drink an alcoholic beverage I may choose something with less alcohol content or more, depending on what flavor or taste I want. People who smoke cannabis will always choose the stuff with the most THC.

The implication you seem to be making is that when you drink, you always drink the same amount, and adjust your alcohol intake by the alcohol content of the beverage. I don't think anyone's buying it.

[TKDietz]

"People who smoke cannabis will always choose the stuff with the most THC."

That's not true. I smoked pot for years and I didn't like the really strong stuff. I always seemed to get high easier than other people and I didn't like the really strong stuff because it was hard to smoke just enough to get the mild buzz I liked without getting too stoned. Some of the stuff we came across was so strong that I'd only take about a half a normal puff because any more than that would put me on the couch. I was much happier with cheapo Mexican. It was more like beer whereas the sticky skunk bud was more like whiskey, except that you didn't have much of an idea what "proof" a batch was until you smoked from it a time or two. The super powerful stuff was fun to have sometimes for a change but I almost always opted for the cheap stuff.

And I was by no means alone in this. A lot of people I knew didn't care for the really strong stuff. When you first start smoking pot it might be fun to see just how stoned you can get but that gets old for most people (actually smoking pot in general gets old for most of us and most who smoke it lose interest in it as they get older). Now, pot does affect different people differently, and some people don't feel anything unless they smoke more pot than most. They might always opt for the stronger stuff, but for the average smoker and smokers like I was who don't need much to do the trick, that's not necessarily the case. Besides, the really expensive stuff often isn't nearly as powerful as it looks and smells like it should be even though it might cost several times what a bag of the cheap stuff costs. People might appreciate it for the smell and taste like some savor expensive single malt scotch, but it's often no bargain potency wise.