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>"Listen if folks want to smoke marijuana, who are we to >butt into their own business?"

>"We" are society. Democratically, we decide the rules under >which we will all live together.

You don't sound too conservative with that remark. Democrats use the same excuse to pick your pocket to give money for welfare programs. You are not a true conservative. A true conservative stands for less government, less intrusion by government, and especially for staying out of peoples personal behind closed doors business.

>"Especially when folks have terminal cancer ..."

>Because they have terminal cancer they should be allowed to >smoke marijuana in a hospital? Ah, you'd say no.

Wrong. Of course I'd allow then to smoke marijuana (marijuana can be eaten or vaporized also), but it wouldn't be my decision to make. Thats the beauty of small government. They don't bother themselves with decisions that only affect yourself, marijuana inclulded.

>You'd make an exception for that. You can make an >exception, but I can't.

Because you love getting into other peoples business like a good theocratic conservative.

>Oh, if they have terminal cancer and they're going to die >anyways, can we harvest their corneas and other body parts >before they die? I mean, c'mon, they're going to die and we >can really use the parts.

Red Herring. Marijuana has NOTHING to do with organ donation. BTW I do support assisted suicide, so what comes from that is non of my concern.

>Can we experiment on them to find cures for other diseases? >Remember, they are going to die.

With their consent, of course. Ever hear of research studies? Experimental Drugs endorsed by the FDA? Heck, I know folks who paid for most of college by doing sleep studies.

>"I seriously think marijuana is overrated"

>I'm guessing that you find other soft drugs similarly >overrated. Perhaps, to avoid being hypocritical, we should >also legalize peyote, shrooms, nitrous, Ecstasy, Ketamine, >GHB, maybe LSD?

Peyote is legal in Native American religious ceremonies. Nitrous is legal. Shrooms are practically legal since they grow wild. Ecstacy will mess you up, but it should be legal as long as you know what you are doing. Ketamine is legal. GHB, I don't know enough about. LSD will mess you up, and probably should be illegal, but just to be consistent I say it should be legal. Legal doesn't mean it should be sold at WalMart though, just that you shouldn't go to prison for possession.

>"... but the social conservatives can't handle intoxicants >in society well and have a need to control personal >morality and I understand that."

>Alcohol is legal. Given the current societal problems >associated with alcohol, maybe you can understand how it is >that "social conservatives" are not in a hurry to legalize >other recreational drugs.

More people die in car accidents than by alcohol, should cars be illegal also? How about Cheeseburgers? Twinkies? Massive health problems there.
You know, you're a nanny state liberal. Only reason you are on FreeRepublic is because the Liberals wouldn't have you.