[Antoninus]

My provisional support for a continued ban on opiates and meth has nothing to do with their being bad for health.

Sure it doesn't. But by all means, please feel free to make your nonsensical case for why opiates should be banned but not cannabis.

[NobleFree]

My provisional support for a continued ban on opiates and meth has nothing to do with their being bad for health.

Sure it doesn't. But by all means, please feel free to make your nonsensical case for why opiates should be banned but not cannabis.

Opiates should for the time being remain banned for nonmedical use simply because sudden sweeping policy reversals are imprudent. We should continue to sunset the ban on the most popular and one of the least harmful illegal drugs, marijuana, and see (1) what lessons there are to be learned, and (2) whether by taking those profits and that upsell opportunity away from criminals, we've left ourselves with a War on Drugs we can actually win.