If a drug is likely to lead someone to harming others, that is a justification for banning it.
It seems like marijuana and painkillers don’t fit into that category.
Have you seen what people will do to get painkillers? Even those that are prescribed it? But using your logic we should ban alcohol?
I know you just said it but I just want to ask, does this sentence make sense to you?
There is plenty of harm caused to others by a persons use of drugs. The only reason to take them is to get high. Chasing that high leads to endless pain and misery for the users family and friends. There is the lying, the stealing (because they need the fix), and eventually the theft and other illegal activities that go along with it. If you live as a hermit and never have ANY contact with another human being then you could make the argument, not otherwise
You are probably not aware of the recent shootings at 2 pharmacies on Long Island, NY in the past 6 months - 5 people dead because a couple pain killer addicted losers went in to steal pain killers.
Also, a very good friend of mine’s wife is hooked on pain killers and their young children are a disaster.
“Drug use is wrong because it is immoral and it is immoral because it enslaves the mind and destroys the soul.” -James Q. Wilson
Truth is, alcohol is much worse than pot when it comes to causing someone to harm others