Does she believe anything that young people shouldn't think is "OK" should be illegal? Or just some things?
“However I think we need to prioritize our law enforcement efforts,” Palin added. “If somebody's gonna to smoke a joint in their house and not do anybody any harm, then perhaps there are other things our cops should be looking at to engage in and try to clean up some of the other problems we have in society.”
She's trying to have it both ways. That marijuana has to come from somewhere. I've often said it's unfair to treat dealers and users of marijuana differently under the law. They are two sides of the same transaction.
In order for that person in his home not doing "any harm", he needs to procure the marijuana first. This usually involves transporting it, which exposes the "harmless" pot smoker to arrest.
In other words, if it is harmless for the person in his home to smoke it, then it is also harmless for that person to purchase it and transport it home.
In short, she's talking nonsense. I like that she's trying to downplay the war on pot, but her arguments have zero intellectual consistency, and amount to political doublespeak.
I think she’s simply talking priorities. You have ma and pa hippies next door smoking a joint from pot they grew in their back yard (depending on the state it’s legal if you have a medical marijuana license) or next door you have a 65 year old grandmother being beat up and robbed. Resources are finite. Besides, the war on drugs is a miserable failure. I honestly don’t know what approach to take but I do know the one we’ve been using hasn’t worked. After this many decades you’d think people would realize that.
Cindie
I completely agree with you.
In other words, she is talking like a real human being and not a politician in a suit.