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The Founders were, I think, when they designed a system for those who could regulate their own behavior. Those who couldn’t, or wouldn’t, were exiled or executed.

Living as a free citizen in this Republic is not an unlimited gift. Behavior must have consequences.

PS Bring back bounties on criminals.

The founders had standards to regulate behavior, not by their own design, but by recognizing Divine Authority. The same holds true today, albeit darkened by relativism and decades of moral decay. I sense we're mostly on the same page here.

It is necessary to recognize the role of government in reigning in degenerate behavior. I do not happen to believe smoking a joint is de facto inappropriate behavior, except that most law prohibits it. Laws prohibiting/regulating intake of mind-altering, or potentially debilitating substances derive from the ubiquitous tendency of certain people to hurt others and themselves, whether intentionally or not.

I would personally submit to the State a small annual sum and clerical examination in order to enjoy the consumption of cannibis on a limited scale, provided this activity take place under circumstances that involve no driving or operating heavy equipment on my part (or any other responsibility that may have a direct impact on another's life). In exchange, the State would allow me to procure and make use of this substance without fear of arrest/imprisonment, and would also make efforts to insure that it would meet certain health standards, i.e. not be laced with heroin or some such.

This is what I would advocate, but do not practice, in deference to authority as it stands in my local circumstances.