Sounds like the perfect drug to turn otherwise normal and intelligent people into liberals.
It is.
Dope is the great liberal maker.
“Sounds like the perfect drug to turn otherwise normal and intelligent people into liberals.”
You will find amongst cannabis users both the young and the old, the rich and the poor, the talented and intelligent as well as the ignorant unwashed masses.
Likewise, you will find people of all sides of the politicial spectrum who smoke pot. I think that most conservatives tend to be quieter about their pot use than liberals are, as a general rule.
I find it interesting that you can go to the store and buy a pack of cigarettes once you are 18, yet it has been proven beyond any reasonable measure that cigarettes have a _provable_ correlation to cancer, but you can’t buy cannabis, which does not have a proven correlation.
There is a difference between research suggesting something, and research proving something.
My theory as well. Although I'm sure you'd find a fair share of conservatives (not professed libertarians) who regularly smoke dope or use other drugs, I'd bet you'd find far more libs smoke dope than conservatives. Of course many people spout the chicken or the egg theory concerning dope use: are people who smoke dope more likely to be liberals, or are liberals far more likely to use dope than conservatives?
My own perception is that all drugs can have negative reactions. Marijuana is no different. And I'm for legalizing most of the drug laws concerning dope. Just don't try to tell me it doesn't have any negative consequences concerning mental abilities.