“Seems more and more people are leaning in the direction of ‘get out of personal lives’.”
Except the 50% of Americans on Welfare. It seems myopic to talk about making marijuana legal while we are practically banning tobacco.
Libertarianism has been reduced to a mere conduit for drug legalization. All I hear from Libertarians is 1)legalize drugs 2)legalize prostitution and 3)cut off aid to Israel.
Weird... My libertarian Big 3 are 1) Restoration of Real RKBA to all 50 States including completely repeal of USC Title 18 922. 2) Elimination of the Welfare State 3)reducing the size and scope of the ENTIRE FedGov back into it’s Art 1 Sec 8 box.
Maybe you aren’t actually talking to libertarians... Check ‘em for OWS stickers on their cars. More than likely, you’ve been talking to Socialists...
Restricting the nonprivate places where it may be done is a far cry from banning it. If marijuana were only as "practically banned" as tobacco, that would be a huge improvement and a big bite out of criminal profits.