Silly Liberals...

Using the "alcohol is legal so marijuana should be legal" argument is stupid.

First off no one said alcohol being legal was a great idea. During prohibition alcohol related diseases went down, accidents went down, abuse....

Also, alcohol is used for many other things than simply getting drunk. It is used in cooking and pairing with food. People can drink one or two drinks at night with dinner or after dinner and not get drunk. Yes, people use it to get drunk and it causes problems...but that is a much smaller percentage than those who use it responsibly. And, again, I never said it was a great idea.

Lets look at marijuana. Number one it is a stepping stone to harder drug usage...which I think both sides can agree is not a good thing. No one smokes weed a little. Every time people smoke, it is to get high.

People murder other people over drugs. True. First, these people are obviously scummy, stupid and immoral. They can't find a legal way to make money and get a real job. They are also TAKING AWAY HUMAN LIFE. Do we really want that in the gene pool and have them raise kids that will continue in their footsteps. So a drug dealer gets killed? That means in 15 years when his son would have grown up we will have one less drug dealer on the streets, one less person mooching off the government. Doesn't bother me any. Maybe he would have been the one to offer YOUR kids drugs and start them on a life path to disaster.

Yes, murder will go down if it is legalized but I don't think it would be worth all of the other problems it will carry with it.

The ONLY good thing that could come of making marijuana legal, would be for the government to subsidize it, like they do with alcohol and tax the crap out of it and make easy money off pot heads. (They should also raise taxes on cigarettes enormously and alcohol reasonably.)

The theory that legalizing it will make the usage go down is silly. The only way this could happen is if the government taxes it so high, the poor (the majority of people who smoke pot) could not afford it.

Before any liberals start yelling, screaming and crying...

I didn't say I don't drink.

I didn't say all people who smoke are lazy pieces of shit.

I didn't say the immediate effects of smoking are that terrible.

I didn't say legalizing it wouldn't help boost the economy immediately.

Even the liberal socialist Obama said it is a silly idea.