Forget about the medical aspect of marijuana- besides tradition- why is marijuana not just as legal as a glass of wine?
Because people are not OK with thinking in terms of freedom beyond their own personal choices. Because people see a worst case scenario, not a "use vs. abuse" issue.
Wine is an almost universally accepted drug.
Wine isn't subjected to government medical trials as it awaits approval for individuals to use, why is marijuana any different? Tradition?
We hear of drugs that have been through government testing and approval which come with all kinds of serious side effects, or must be taken off the market later because of their toxic properties.
Peaceable, responsible, adult choices should be left to individuals to make. This is not to defend drug abuse- impaired driving, reporting to work under the influence, domestic violence, child abuse, etc.
What is wrong with adults sitting around the fire at a cabin in the woods on New Year's weekend using (not abusing) marijuana?
We are working hard to spread freedom across the globe - maybe we should take some of the filters off of freedom here at home. Those filters weren’t put in place by terrorists or foreign governments.
Imagine people deciding how to run their own lives and being OK with others deciding how to run theirs.
Freedom is for everyone. Deciding how to act on that freedom should not require conformity to a “one size fits all” government mandate.
If a constitutional amendment was required to take away beer, wine and liquor- why no amendment to take away marijuana?
Is there a major political party that believes in State’s Rights?
Must there be a law against happiness?
Still waiting for the political party that can deliver on “Individual Responsibility, Individual Liberty, Smaller, Limited Government”
Maybe there is a push from big business- The Medical Industrial Complex- to keep us from making our own choices.
Every other Ad on T.V. is for some type of serious medication which may cause: mild to severe spasms of the colon, hostility, stroke, bone loss, blackouts, severe constipation, aneurisms, abrupt mood swings, hyperventilation, persistent vomiting, chronic irritability, unsafe motor vehicle operation, partial but temporary blindness, weight gain, difficulty swallowing, impaired motor skills, memory loss, brief bipolar episodes, nose bleeds, blistering, disruption of normal sleep patterns, motion sickness, mild convulsive disorders, hardening of the arteries, brain swelling, severe itching, profuse sweating, loss of balance, sudden and unexpected loss of bowel or bladder control, blurred vision, ringing in the ears, depression, sleepwalking and even thoughts of suicide.
