This is an issue that tears me. One the one hand the fedgov has no responsibility to protect people from themselves. I don’t see any reason to ban pot.
On the other hand I tend to detest pot heads. They usually have no motivation and contribute nothing to society.
I could be convinced to support legalization IF any crime involving the drug (say selling to minors) was dealt with extremely harshly, AND any health damage resulting from it’s use was not covered by any form of government aid or even private insurance (in other words, you smoke it and it kills you - tough noogies!) Of course I feel the same way towards alcohol, tobacco, not using seat belts, and riding motorcycles without helmets. It’s not my job to pay for someone else’s stupidity.
I did hear a report this morning that pot greatly increases the incidence in testicular cancer. Again, if you smoke it and your balls fall off don’t come crying to me.
So, your personal animosity towards a certain segment of a society should be enough to warrant the criminalization of a naturally-occurring substance and continue the expanding reach of the federal government into the private lives of American citizens.
Solid reasoning there, friend.
The fact that there are pot heads for you to hate shows how unsuccessful prohibition is. We’re spending billions of dollars a year making it illegal, and everybody knows people who smoke it.
In order for freedom to work we must allow people to be stupid. Other wise we must give into the Utopian vision of socialism
I smoked pot in HS and college off and on. 70% of the students in my HS smoked it..it was easier to get than alhchol.
Guess what? 99% of us no longer smoke it. It became so common place the taboo of it was no longer there.
legalize it