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.
Interesting.
One drug you can overdose on. One drug causes reckless and violent behavior when too much of it is indulged in. One drug is so addictive that you can literally die from it if you quit it cold turkey (known as the DTs). One drug causes massive liver problems when it is abused.
You are correct about one thing, there is a marked difference.
I have no quarrel on the point that marijuana might be worse than alcohol.
In case you are missing my POV, I do not relish a nanny state where the gubbermint decides what you can do or not do in your own home. Whatever happened to self reliance, small government, liberty & freedom? You sound like the democrats who think they know what is best for us non-elites.
Even worse is the fact that in spite of laws against marijuana use and other drugs, a multi billion dollar industry flourishes out there enriching the criminal element. What good is that? Why should I have to pay taxes for a government initiative which is a dismal failure?
On another point, people in India have been using Hashish for 5000 years. Today, India graduates more engineers and scientists than United States. Now that India has discovered capitalism and shed Nehru style big government runs everything mentality, Prosperity is growing.
Indian students coming to United States have the highest scholastic achievement of any group. Use of Hashish over 5000 years sure has’nt destroyed Indian minds. I like to learn from history more than some one’s opinion & theory.