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"Why does your right to live how you want to live trump someone else's right to live how they want to live?"

In general? It doesn't. Now if you want to get into specifics, then maybe I could answer your question.

"Since these people are not being imprisoned for harming others, but for choosing a lifestyle many find disagreeable."

Disagreeable. I like that. Kinda like "harmless weed".

There are many who say drug use harms the user and those around them. So I think it goes beyond disagreeable.

"And if you look like people like Karen Tandy and John Walters, they are actively trying to suppress any speech that would be pro-legalization like they did in Montana."

Suppressing speech? How about "telling the other side"?

"The same complaint was filed in Nevada two years ago against John Walters .... Nevada officials decided a few months later not to take action against Walters because he was carrying out the duties of his office, which include combatting marijuana legalization efforts. They cited an 1890 U.S. Supreme Court decision that federal officials are immune from state action when exercising the functions of their offices."

Suppressing speech? How about "telling the other side"?

Actually I was talking about the incident in Montana where a couple of pro-legalization groups were going to have a rally at a VFW and some DEA agent threatened the VFW with a 250K fine using the Rave Act if anyone on the premises was caught doing anything illegal.

A truly atrocious piece of legislation courtesy of Joe Biden, but an equally atrocious action by the DEA.

In the case of Marc Emery from Canada, Karen Tandy also said another chilling thing:

"Today's arrest of Mark (sic) Scott Emery, publisher of Cannabis Culture magazine and the founder of a marijuana legalization group, is a significant blow not only to the marijuana trafficking trade in the U.S. and Canada, but also to the marijuana legalization movement."

I was not aware that the DEAs job includes stopping the marijuana legalization movement.