Look at how our society has changed since the 1800s. Our founding fathers no doubt did not see a problem, since society at the time could not afford freeloaders. But with technological advances, it became possible for some people to become addicts who are incapable of performing meaningful work and yet society makes sure they don't die. You can't compare the society of our founders with the society after the industrial revolution started kicking in.
Really?? You blame that moral deterioration since the 1800s all on marijuana? That does not make a whole lot of sense to me, its been illegal for 80 years now... If you really want to single out one evil, I think alcohol could take a lot more of the blame than that. The bible warns against strong drink right?
Real curious now, do you believe alcohol should be made illegal again too then? I sure hate how our society has glorified it and the use of it... they show a Monday morning news segment with the crew making some great morning drink to start off your week... There is your moral decay in full view...
Personally, I wish prohibition was never repealed, but I don’t believe its my place to force my beliefs on anybody because we are supposed to be a free country and I thought that is what us conservatives believed in... so in that sense, I can agree with repealing it, but I just cant justify banning a natural plant, in natural form that god put on this earth for us to use. I mean is it even illegal for me to grow poppies?? I believe it’s only illegal to process them into heroin.
The best argument I could give you was a few years ago I was camped out and socializing with a group of off duty police officers and somebody brought up how terrible they thought it was that Colorado had recently legalized... They all turned around and said listen, that stupid plant is the least of our worries and unless your ready to make alcohol illegal again too, STFU because literally every officer I know would jump at the chance to go break up a pot party if it meant they did not have to break up a keg party and deal with all the drunk assholes...
Marijuana was made illegal because, well like in every other case, follow the money... Why else would regular Hemp, with zero thc, a completely non intoxicating plant that still grows wild in the woods in the south, be included in the marijuana ban? Because it grew like a weed literally and anybody could grow it that meant, big pharma could not make money off them and the government could not feasibly tax it. It was also competition to Cotton, Paper and numerous other industries that successfully lobbied against it in the 30’s, pretty much as simple as that.