Agree with you. I am for legalization of marijuana but from a stand point of personal liberty. I detest the “medical marijuana” argument; they need to just come clean and admit they want to smoke a plant. Quit jading the debate with sophistry.
In theory, you are right; the problem is that in practice our personal liberty will be infringed by more of our money being taken to support the stoners when they become unemployable. It will be declared a disease, as they have done with alcoholism, and they'll get to mooch off of us for life!
Personal liberty must be accompanied by personal responsibility.
Medical marijuana in Maine is one of the biggest hypocritical boondogles I've seen in my lifetime.
If I, as an individual, were to grow a few pot plants in the attic to "ease my condition", I would be subject to arrest and incarceration.
However, if I went to the right doctor and was diagnosed with the same "condition", paid the fee and got a prescription, I could legally grow those same plants in the open instead of the attic or buy super weed at one of the many legal "medical dispensaries".
So the AMA gets their vig and it's off to the races.
If one has enough money for the entry fee (which rumor has it is around $10 grand), one could become a supplier for up to nine "patients". If each of those nine buy their monthly limit from you, you could make between $130K/$150k a year as a legal dealer.
Between methadone clinics and medical weed, the State o' Maine is the biggest drug dealer in the State o' Maine.
The State is also the biggest bookie in Maine.
Bread and Circus on a massive scale, all brought to us while the 'Rats held power here (close to 60 years of unbroken "Rat control). Now we have (God love him) Governor Paul LePage trying to roll back some of the financial crap that's been dogging ME for years and don't they hate him!