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Originally Posted by B767drvr
I've just never felt the need to lord over people. Why not let people make their own decisions in life about what's in their best interest, or even what's perhaps not in their best interest?
Perhaps not you… but why do some feel so superior that they know what's best for the rest of us? These same people (with this lord mindset) outlaw sodas of a quantity larger than "they" determine responsible. It's a continual infringement on an individual's right to live his or her life as he/she sees fit (as long as those individual choices do not impact or endanger others.)
There's very little healthy about a hamburger. Should they also be outlawed? What's healthy about alcohol or cigarettes? Should they also be outlawed by those who "know more"?
I haven't smoked pot (for the record) since college… many decades ago. I am for individual rights and free choice and see a continual erosion by "lords" who believe they know what's best for everyone.
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B767 drvr: We are a nations of laws. While I do not intend to go political here our government has us so tied up in regulations we are all tripping over each other and so to refuse legalization of marijuana in comparison to the aforementioned is well ....................... .
It seems some people want to pick and chose what their laws.
I have never smoked marijuana but I have seen first hand the adverse affects.
Again opioids were produced to alleviate pain and we have an epidemic. Many companies nationwide are dealing with loss of productivity increase expenses, because of drugs and now we are going to add one more legal drug
We live in a nation that has food police and people who actually show contempt to people they view obese , etc,, not to forget how cigarette smokers are being treated as if they were criminals Isn't their far more justification for fighting again ILLEGAL RECREATIONAL USE OF MARIJUANA because of fear for the safety people and taxes of citizens that will be adversely affected if such legal use is allowed?
People will say there is/ will not be a demonstrable difference I pray God they are right but it took a while to determine that we had an opiod epidemic.
I do appreciate and respect your opinion and actually believe we are not that far apart
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