I’m always amazed that a “free” people would allow any gov’t to tell them what they can and cannot consume. For their own good, of course ;)
It amazes me how many people don't know how to take care of their own lives and need big daddy socialism to intervene. It's like one of my friends said years ago. What people want is a King. Well, they got Obama, that's pretty close.
I concur.
I do not use pot. I would not if it were legal. I generally do not associate with the marijuana culture or like those who do, but...
The argument to legalize it is simply stronger than to keep it criminal. The same laws that apply to alcohol should be used to regulate it - no driving, no smoking it in public, etc. I wonder if the reason the government doesn’t legalize it is that it will not make any money from it - people would simply grow and process it in their homes and yards and sell it to one another. The government could regulate it and tax the hell out of it like tobacco and alcohol, but it would be far easier to circumvent that with pot.