[Buckeye McFrog]

You have just nailed my #1 reason to oppose pot legalization.
It causes people to drop-out of being productive members of the economy.

I was a member of the Cheech and Chong generation (though truly, I didn’t inhale, thanks to massive amounts of fear instilled in me by my parents. But I was in a small minority).

Most of those guys today in middle age, if they are employed at all, are hanging on at the edges as dishwashers, cab drivers and the like. They spent their most productive years in their 20’s sitting around and getting high rather than pursuing education and establishing careers.

Does not matter what I think though. Full legalization is bound to happen, because the Under 30 crowd appears to be all for it.

[Hemingway's Ghost]

You have just nailed my #1 reason to oppose pot legalization. It causes people to drop-out of being productive members of the economy.

Most of those guys today in middle age, if they are employed at all, are hanging on at the edges as dishwashers, cab drivers and the like. They spent their most productive years in their 20’s sitting around and getting high rather than pursuing education and establishing careers.

I love how everyone takes personal, anecdotal evidence, then mixes in a dab or two of pre-conceived notions, puts it in the oven for 30 seconds, and bakes a grand, sweeping, iron-clad conclusion cake.

[JustSayNoToNannies]

You have just nailed my #1 reason to oppose pot legalization.
It causes people to drop-out of being productive members of the economy.

So the government owns each individual's potential for production, and may ban whatever decreases that potential? Should government set adults' bedtimes so they're more productive?