Let me be more specific for you: The medical essence that can be proven to help medically can be made legal and controlled...the stuff that people abuse to get high should remain illegal with high penalties for use and sales.
And there are any number of people who say — these are really ill people, not just old hippies wanting to get high — who say that the synthetic version doesn’t do the same thing for them. And some can’t even get their doctors to prescribe it.
“with high penalties for use...”
A silly idea.
AND let me go back once more to the poriginal post...
“Hey man...when a major portion of my medical insurance goes to pay for potheads and the misery they inflict.”
What were you talking about here? How does “a major portion” of your medical insurance pay for potheads. I think it’s a very safe bet that much of your insurance costs go for cancer, heart problems, diabetes, problems related to being overweight, and problems caused by smoking tobacco and excessive use of alcohol. Any problems caused by pot are miniscule in comparison.
And exactly what miseries do they inflict? The major misery they inflict would seem to be on themselves through their own loss of ambition and productivity.