The whole system, the whole culture, the whole population is different than it was in 1900 when the stuff was unregulated. Its simplistic and shortsighted to think that merely legalizing weed will make a positive impact or be a good thing.
Much deeper thing need to change before I could sanction legalization of marijauna. When my 2nd amendment rights are no longer being infringed, when my 1st amendment rights are no longer being trampled, when queers are no longer pushing their crap on tiny children in schools, when 1/2 of the federal budget is no longer spent on welfare, when the single payer communist healthcare system is revoked, when our military is no longer a social experimentation playground for the libs, when my taxe are not sucking up 1/3+ of every buck I make, when borders are closed and the illegals sent back to where they came from, when Judeo-Christian values are not trampled and spat upon in the public square, THEN I'll care legalizing weed. Not before.
So many people smoke it now that there would be little difference in consumption. What it would do is suddenly allow a huge portion of the population to see themselves as “not criminals”.
I was furious with the 55 MPH speed limit when it was instigated because it suddenly made most drivers lawbreakers. It means there was a subtle change in the attitudes about the police and government. The same thing happens with pot. Heck, tax it like alcohol, and use some of the money for public service ads like the ones about wearing seatbelts before the government made THAT a law, making many normal Americans “criminals”.
BTW, a friend of mine is a second level manager for Microsoft. I was at a large party at his house once and couldn’t find him. I finally found him behind a bush with a couple of work mates sharing a bong. He said he was LITERALLY tryint to hide it from me.
You and I are both are mindful of the law of unintended consequences. We’re just focusing on different ones.
Touche’ to your post#49 - apparently monty2020 and pfflier don’t know much about US history - thinks it’s the primary reason the country has gone to pot - worthy of a reposting...
“The whole system, the whole culture, the whole population is different than it was in 1900 when the stuff was unregulated. Its simplistic and shortsighted to think that merely legalizing weed will make a positive impact or be a good thing.
Much deeper thing need to change before I could sanction legalization of marijauna. When my 2nd amendment rights are no longer being infringed, when my 1st amendment rights are no longer being trampled, when queers are no longer pushing their crap on tiny children in schools, when 1/2 of the federal budget is no longer spent on welfare, when the single payer communist healthcare system is revoked, when our military is no longer a social experimentation playground for the libs, when my taxe are not sucking up 1/3+ of every buck I make, when borders are closed and the illegals sent back to where they came from, when Judeo-Christian values are not trampled and spat upon in the public square, THEN I’ll care legalizing weed. Not before.”
So you apparently hate the expansive Wickard Commerce Clause, except when used to keep pot illegal.
Why do you pee on the Tenth Amendment?