[Mr. Blonde]

That's the problem. It's not a first amendment issue. Clever leftists removed morality and ethics from government and then argued that it was. The first amendment is in our constitution primarily because of political speech. They didn't look down the road and envision an America who's ideal expression of freedom was to show every conceivable expression of sexuality.

You can say that, but the Supreme Court including conservative justices disagrees. Personally, I'm more in favor of the widest reading possible of all of our rights. What is your ideal expression of freedom? I'm not saying pornography is, but I don't think that is true of a majority of Americans either.

What are the harms that pot poses to the nation? How are they greater than other substances/activities which are legal?

Okay, you concede that there is danger in smoking marijuana. Got it. And absent morality you could make the case that government can't make any laws.

I said all of life was dangerous, that doesn't mean the government has the right to regulate our life to eliminate those dangers for us. Government is present to help society flow and operate as smoothly as possible. It isn't there to protect us from ourselves. I don't think speeding laws are based in morality, but the government can still make them because it allows for the freer flow of people which helps our society.

Getting stoned is why people smoke marijuana in the first place.

Is this the only reason people take oxycontin, morphine, codeine etc?

[DouglasKC]

You can say that, but the Supreme Court including conservative justices disagrees.

Of course they do. The judicial system was one of the first targets of the left. Pornography is NOT free speech. Anyone with half a brain and an ounce of morality knows this. It's only when morality is removed from our judicial system that it becomes a question.

What are the harms that pot poses to the nation?

It turns people into leftists.

Okay, you concede that there is danger in smoking marijuana. Got it. And absent morality you could make the case that government can't make any laws.
I said all of life was dangerous, that doesn't mean the government has the right to regulate our life to eliminate those dangers for us.

So is pot harmful or not? You said if we legalized it we could regulate to keep it away from kids. If it's NOT dangerous then why can't kids light up doobies?

Getting stoned is why people smoke marijuana in the first place. Is this the only reason people take oxycontin, morphine, codeine etc?

Sometimes. But nobody who is pushing for legalization is doing it because they think it's a wonder drug. Let me correct that. Those who have been deceived by leftists into believing this may push it. But primarily it's pushed by leftists who want as many Americans as possible to smoke it so they will question the values they've been raised with.