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.
So what is pornography? Is it all obscenity? When does it start? Can it ever be considered political speech? What other speech would you like to limit?
It turns people into leftists.
That is interesting considering the number of people who I know who smoke/did smoke weed who are conservative. And really, is "turning people into leftists" the best you can come up with?
What do we not regulate? We regulate water, food, driving, walking, working conditions are they all dangerous? To differing degrees, but for the most part it is good that the regulation of these things happens. Just because we should regulate it doesn't mean it is some great evil. I believe firmly that whatever danger is posed by marijuana it is far less than alcohol. When I say we regulate it I am just guessing that we will do it in a manner similar to tobacco and alcohol the two legal products it is most similar to. Do you advocate making those substances illegal? Do you object to the way they are regulated? I'm guessing the reasons we regulate their use and try to prevent youths from using them are equally valid for marijuana. It isn't about morality, but about health and development and being aware of the risks. At some point we have to let everyone decide for themselves what risks they want to take with their own body. Legal adulthood seems as good a marker as any.
Are people imagining that marijuana helps them with their pain? Or are they all plants of the "leftists"?