I'm not saying that pot is good for millenials or anybody else. Alcohol and tobacco use aren't good for you either (and alcohol, unlike pot, is physically rather than just psychologically addictive), but the cost of prohibiting them is a case of the cure being worse than the disease. The same is true for our "war on drugs."
It never ceased to amaze me how many people who claim to be against big government are all for a police state when it comes to drug enforcement.
I am no longer surprised. When I witness people say they are for states' rights & less government, but for the prohibition of marijuana, I just call them how I see them - they are liars.
“It never ceased to amaze me how many people who claim to be against big government are all for a police state when it comes to drug enforcement.”
This is about the worst kinds of criticism from the left in terms of brainlessness. It’s used for all sorts of arguments covering many issues.
This should clear it up, at least for you: Arguments against big government are not arguments for absence of government.