Full disclosure: I'm one of the few Freepers who will actually admit to indulging in the demon weed not in the distant past, not in the recent past, but in the present. I enjoy it in much the same way your garden variety social drinker enjoys a drink.
Far too many conservatives have the mental model where "dude who smokes weed" = "Cheech & Chong / Jeff Spicoli / Dreadlocked OWS Protestor" with absolutely no other setting beyond that. Based on my own personal experience over the past 44 years, not only is that not true, it's laughably not true.
i think the issue here is most folks like you know who simply hate pot smokers because maybe they view them all as Occupy types
and have little or no direct knowledge of the drug or it's effects and are not open to reasonable and candid conversations about it effects, harm, and so forth
there are legitimate questions about abuse and kids and whatnot
but it gets lost with folks who simply hate the users
some like manc do bring up points from their side worthy of discussion no question
and you were right , pot effects folks differently just like alcohol does
what gets lost in all this is the avenue marijuana laws have provided the govt to usurp our rights
that is undebatable and it's sad to see on a conservative forum folks unconcerned with that
regardless of views on legalization or decrim
rolling back RICO, confiscation and unwarranted highway stops etc are topics conservatives should be concerned over
these are means the govt use to attack our property and gun rights...and they use that voraciously