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Originally Posted by ColdNoMore
I wonder why so many that have no problem with alcohol being legal...are so emotionally against marijuana?
It's too bad that a number of posts are now gone, because there was actually some great insight from some of them...on that same exact question.
For me personally, I couldn't care less if alcohol prohibition were reinstated or pot was kept illegal since I do neither, but I DO think it is a huge hypocrisy to have one legal...and the other not.
In fact, Big Pharma is one of the most outspoken against legalization because it is a product that can be grown by anyone and they can't control it. The same goes for the alcohol industry.
Who's Really Fighting Legal Marijuana? Big Tobacco, Big Pharma and Big Booze | Op Ed | US News
Just follow the money and you'll see the real reasons so much money is spent trying to scare the electorate...about marijuana legalization. 
Since alcohol is a huge part of The Villages, "the slide into a hedonistic society"can be seen right here...and started long ago.  |
This moral equivalent comparison between alcohol and drugs is not quite equivalent. Many people who use alcohol do not use it to get drunk.. The only use for recreational marijuana is too get high
alcohol is used for cooking in conjunction with cooking or in celebration. Many of us enjoy a glass a wine with our meal.
Clearly people like you and me would send liquor stores broke.
But as a board member I've witnessed the consequences of young people who did drugs, some solely marijuana and it was a heart breaker.
Again my view is not medical marijuana if that were the true nature of the amendment but the door it opens for further abuse .
Organizations , professional politicians, etc have gotten very good at "head fakes". While it may not be true, is it possible Big Pharma claims its against legalization of marijuana but what they really mean is that they need more time to position so that when it becomes national they will be in a position of the most prolific opportunists?
and just in general what social redeeming value to society does recreational marijuana offer vis a vis the damage it creates in people's lives.