“Repealing Prohibition Is Not the Same As Endorsing the Previously Prohibited Activity.” ?
I don’t know if its a Buckley quote, but it bears repeating.
The so-called ‘war on drugs’ has done much to erode our Fourth Amendment rights and has made criminals out of many otherwise productive citizens. I think fines, rather than prison time, are sufficient deterrent for marijuana use. Likewise society should not advocate destructive lifestyles such as homosexual behavior, promiscuous heterosexual behavior, drug or alcohol abuse, compulsive gambling, porn, street racing...the list goes on.
But the emphasis in these ‘no-victim’ crimes should be deterrence, rather than punishment.
So, what is your solution to avoiding hospitals full of druggie doctors and nurses, pot head bankers, who can’t add, train engineers, who fall asleep on the job, etc
Pot makes you stupid. it reduces your cognitive abilities and that effect lasts long after the high has worn off. So, what is your solution to avoiding a society full of druggie losers creating danger for all of us.