[SampleMan]

Let me clarify my question for you with a specific example. I might not have been clear.

Would a breakdown of the prescription drug system be acceptable? Putting everything over the counter. Antibiotics becoming useless within years and the return of mass death by epidemic as a not uncommon human experience.

Would that be an acceptable outcome as long as the WOD was ended, or is this possibly a concern that has merit?

[Turbopilot]

To use your specific example, I guess I have to say that such an outcome just wouldn't worry me. That's largely because I know how remote and foolish it is, and I'm not willing to accept the real and concrete problems with an overly big and powerful government to protect me from some infinitesimal chance that the entire country loses its collective mind and the vast majority of people act with no heed to their own self-interest.

In any case, I guess my answer to your final questions would be "no" - no, it's not an "acceptable" outcome (nor one that really has much to do with legalizing marijuana), and no, it's not a concern that has merit.