Potheads of the world rejoice! Yeah, you can get high as fuck and talk about metaphysical crap and the smell of the color nine, and all that crap, and think you're really, like, DEEP and stuff...
But in reality, you look and sound like this:
Yes, I know there are medical marijuana users out there. Got it. Duly noted. The 20 year old, dreadlocked, hemp-wearing pot smoker I lived next to in Seattle did NOT have glaucoma or any other medical issues that would have required the use of THC. If you're in chronic pain, then I don't begrudge you any chemicals that can help you live a normal live.
But that's about 1% or less of the actual marijuana users in this country. The rest of 'em? Just wanna get high.
"But Dave, what's wrong with that, huh?! Why do you care what they do to themselves?!"
Because I, and the rest of the bill payers in America, are the ones who have to pay to pick up the pieces. Just like the three-pack-a-day smoker who drinks a fifth of Jack Daniels most likely doesn't have the money to pay for his open-heart surgery and liver transplant, the drug users of today are going to be the ones sucking up all the resources later in life. And the people like me, who quit smoking, who work out to stay healthy, to make healthy choices so that we can be happy later in life, will be the ones who end up paying for it in one fashion or another.
Remove the cost from society, and I say that people can do whatever they wish. But if I'm going to be forced to pay for it (and we're paying for it today, trust me) then I'm going to oppose any expansion that would force me to pay even more.
Besides, habitual use of marijuana lowers your intelligence. Want proof? I say we round up a bunch of Bernie Sanders voters, and a bunch of Ted Cruz voters. Poll them: Who smokes pot?
The Sanders voters are toking up daily, I'd bet you all the cash in my wallet. Cruz voters? Not so much. Ta daaaa! Point made!