You are comparing apples and oranges here...and doing a very poor job of it.
First of all, I meant it’s not a serious crime in the sense that jay-walking and/or loitering is not a serious criminal offense. In my area, possession of an ounce or less of marijuana is a small fine (less than some parking tickets) with no court appearance necessary. And guess what? Civil society still exists and anarchy has not ensued as a result of such laws.
And in terms of the rule of law, some laws have to be broken in order to, eventually, bring about some sort of effective change in the current legal system. I can think of numerous examples of this being done throughout our nation’s history - from tea parties, to bus seating, etc.
Should people break unjust laws? Absolutely. And throwing someone into a cell for a substantial portion of their life for mere possession of a plant that was, at one time, an integral part of this country’s agricultural industry should be classified as one of those unjust laws.
And finally, given that we are not even regular smokers, I’m not too worried about our lung capacity or other potential related problems. Secondly, between the salaries my wife and I make, I don’t think we will be needing to be ‘bailed out’ by anyone for our ‘smoking stupidity.’
Saul Alinsky's Luciferian "revolutionary" misfits likely agree with you. Never let a good crisis go to waste and all that.Certainly the predators in the mortgage / financial industry will appreciate your contributions toward further stupefying their prey.
Illegal drug use doesn't have to be "regular" in order to invoke the penalties whereby one is excluded from Law Enforcement, Military Clearance, or other venues where TRUST is of value.Like most libertardian pot-heads, you've confused Liberty with the Fatal Liberality presently manifesting itself within the systemic, subversive, corruption of American institutions - Financial, Military, Religious, Social...What it basically means is: to change the perception of reality of every American that despite of the abundance of information no one is able to come to sensible conclusions in the interest of defending themselves, their families, their community, and their country.It's a great brainwashing process which goes very slow and is divided into four basic stages.The first stage being "demoralization"....---KGB Defector Yuri BezmenovSoviet Subversion of the Free Press (Ideological subversion, Destabilization, CRISIS - and the KGB)