So what? In 1776 would you have asked Thomas Jefferson what other countries support his stance?
This is a liberty issue. You want to control what others put into their bodies, and that control has resulted in an all out war and the destruction off our 2nd and 4th amendment rights. But at least you get to sit at home knowing that if somebody is having a good time in a way you don't approve of that the government can break down his door and haul him off to jail.
If I desired the liberty to make bombs in my basement, would you say I should have that? I mean, that was allowed in Jefferson’s time. As was gay marriage and marriage to animals, right?
After all, it is a liberty issue.
It has been said of George Washinton in History that:
“Washington and his fellow planter/presidents Tom Jefferson and James Madison would be astonished to hear that hemp is illegal. These early chief executives would certainly have told President Obama that a re-legalized cannabis crop would mean billions of dollars in desperately needed farm revenue throughout the United States.
As for smoking, I know of no significant communication among the Founders extolling their “great weed.”
But in one of his meticulous agricultural journals, dated 1765, Washington regrets being late to separate his male hemp plants from his females. For a master farmer like George, there would be little reason to do this except to make the females ripe for smoking.
The medicinal uses of cannabis were known to the ancient Chinese. Thousands of years later, it’s inconceivable American growers would not indulge in its recreational powers.
From Thomas Jefferson’s autobigraphy
“Some of my finest hours have been spent sitting on my back veranda, smoking hemp and observing as far as my eye can see.” - Thomas Jefferson
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No wonder the constitution is written with divine providence, a different perspective is not always a bad one..is it..