’ the pro-pot-prohibitors typically conflate - very, very, very greatly - the “societal dangers” of pot’
I see the same zeal and similar arguments used to demonize pot as those used to demonize guns. Exchange the word gun in many pot threads, and folks would be agonizing about their natural right to self defense. The analogy is not perfect, but the emotions are. People are afraid of losing their safety and losing control, no matter whether they are liberals or conservatives.
I’m not a pot user for the record. As long as I have my full natural rights, I’m ok with more freedom in terms of its legalization. There will be some period of teeth knashing at this point just as there is after every gun restriction is lifted.
Illegal drugs and guns aren’t the same. There’s zeal on both sides, for and against. However, the subjects themselves couldn’t be more far apart. Illegal drugs very rarely have any benefit to the user. Nobody can save their life or defend themselves with one. It’s all about getting high and escaping, period.
It’s like comparing abortion to guns. It’s a weird thing to even try to compare other than the zeal itself.