Public drunkeness is the crime, not the drink.
Personally, if a guy wants to get drunk/stoned/wasted in his own home, without externalizing the impacts to the rest of us, FINE.
As for “anti social behavior”, I haven’t known many violent weed users. Just the opposite.
The WO(S) is a complete failure. I used to support it, but I’ve grown up. Imprisonment is up, and drug use is unabated. Meanwhile, as with Prohibition, we’ve created the criminal element out of whole cloth.
“Public drunkeness is the crime, “
Agreed, so I wouldn’t ban alcohol, as I stated.
Not all drugs contribute to all the anti-social activities I listed.
What sort of anti-social behavior comes from pot smoking? Milder forms, such as paranoia, lack of focus/concentration, indifference to the needs of others legitimately vulnerable to you, reduction of good inhibitions as to your personal behavior, acceptance of harder drug usage, general laziness and worthlessness.
There are exceptions, but they don’t make the rule. Just like sometimes some people can jump off a bridge get survive. However it is still a bad harmful thing to jump off of a bridge.