[ajay_kumar]

I won't argue with what is worse for you, alcohol or marijuana. My aunt was one of the top Bollywood singers making millions. She died with cirrhosis of the liver at 41 due to alcohol. Drunk drivers on alcohol have caused many times more deaths in auto accidents than pot smokers. If one is a rational person in control of his/her habits, they would never abuse ANY addictive or harmful substance. I am tired of spending my tax money on pot smoker control.

The anti-pot laws are a dismal failure! I want freedom & liberty for people to abuse their body with the poison of their choice so long it does not hurt others.

[Persevero]

No one who opposes marijuana use is pretending that excessive use of alcohol is a good thing.

We are saying there is a marked difference between alcohol and marijuana, and marijuana is worse.

“The anti-pot laws are a dismal failure! I want freedom & liberty for people to abuse their body with the poison of their choice so long it does not hurt others.”

I don’t. I don’t want it to be legal to destroy yourself, most especially your mind. This is a basic difference between a libertarian and a conservative position. Conservatives recognize that societies can not function without a good majority of sane, rational people. I know that we would LIKE that to be the case. It would be easier to just let everybody do everything they want to do. But our desire does not change reality.

As for the pot laws being a dismal failure, no they aren’t. FAR more people would use it if it were legal. The border of “legality” makes a lot of difference to a lot of people.