Smoking pot has been determined to cause brain damage in teenagers. I’m referring to legitimate, long-term studies, not those studies and anecdotal evidence espoused on sites that lobby in favor of pot.
So what? Lots of harmful things are legal,adult choices. Get over it.
Boy, you can sure see who the dopers are on FR when this discussion gets going.
I, as a business owner in Texas, would not tolerate a dope smoker no sooner than I would a boozer. Too many lives at stake.
I certainly do not want a oilfield heavy trucker driving on our highways nor do I want my airline pilot flying me to Las Vegas after a wild night with the stews. The FAA found out that the 8 hrs. bottle to throttle rule is really not sufficient with heavy use. How long will that be for airline pilots?
So what? So does alcohol, tobacco, and probably Big Macs, all of which are legal (for the moment anyway, until the nanny-staters prevail).
Teenagers aren't allowed to possess any drug, whether legal or illegal. And beyond that, they are also subject to their parents' legitimate authority.
We're talking about real Liberty for real grownups here, as well as the pursuit of happiness. An individual's concept of those things isn't bound by others' narrow-minded interpretations, whether those of an individual or a mob.
As long as nobody's rights are being infringed, truly free people can individually determine for themselves what "the pursuit of happiness" means to them, even if it means drinking excessively, smoking like a chimney, or cliff diving, for that matter.
It really is that simple! All else is authoritarianism and arbitrary law.
So why are you trying to muddle the discussion with "think of the children" emotionalism? It's clumsy propaganda.