That’s kind of like saying you’d be opposed to letting people have firecrackers because it would be a launching pad for the argument to legalize all manner of explosive devices. It won’t happen. There are a few people out there who would like to legalize all drugs, but it’s such a tiny minority and they’ll never get much support in their efforts. I’m all for legalizing marijuana. It would have saved us a lot of problems if we would have done it a long time ago, or never made it illegal in the first place. I would be vehemently opposed to legalizing drugs like meth, cocaine and heroin though. Those drugs are just too dangerous to society at large. When people get involved with those drugs they are subjecting the rest of us to substantial risks, unnecessary risks of serious harm. Those drugs are incredibly addictive, and the addiction to them is so powerful. The effects of these drugs on addicts are debilitating, making them at a minimum a nuisance to the rest of us. Drugs like cocaine and meth especially tend to make addicts irrational, excitable, reckless, and in too many cases violent. The addictions are so powerful that addicts tend to do whatever they have to do to feed their addictions, even if that involves criminal conduct. I could go on and on, but the fact is that most of us know how horrible these drugs are. We will never let these drugs be legal. We don’t want them for sale at the corner store at a fraction of their current price. That would be insane. I think that while perhaps not quite a majority of Americans would agree with me that marijuana should be legal, the vast and overwhelming majority would stand firm with those of us who would fight like hell against legalization of drugs like meth, cocaine, and heroin.
I can’t disagree with anything you’ve said.