LH:

I agree about eliminating the laws but when an activity leads to people violating other people's right, that activity should be illegal.

For example people stealing and killing to obtain money for drugs. Also the criminal activity associated with supplying drugs.

Some say if a drug is made legal, the crime associated wit it will go away. I do not believe it. People can buy liquor but there are still moonshiners and violence associated with that.

Sometimes pot use leads to other illegal activity. If you watch Cops, seems like every time they pull a wobbly or suspicious driver over, they find drugs, guns, cash, stolen car, drivers license or registration violation, someone on probation, wanted criminals etc. It seems to come in a package of associated crimes.

But not always. If someone wants to smoke pot and it does not send them in the usual downward spiral, fine but why should they try to promote as something everybody should do? Even then the suppliers of pot engage in criminal activity that harms society overall. But pot smokers don't want to talk about the murderers they are supporting.

To my mind, only a dumbass would smoke pot and brag about it as a badge of honor. Very unwise.

Yes, I smoked pot a few times and made a decision that it distorted my perception of things and I could live with out it. After the buzz went away everything was back to normal so what is the need? I will take normal over distorted any day.

I can handle the world as it is any time. Why do I need an escape, especially an illegal escape? I don't give a damn if alligators are up to my ass, I can deal with it better without any distortion of reality.

It is the people under the influence that run off of the road and kill them selves or that kill someone not under the influence. So what good is the influence?

One of the major distortions I experienced was inability to judge distances or sizes of things. Things seemed so close or so far, so big or so small. How in the hell can you drive without being able to judge distances? Use a saw? Drive a nail?

Music sounded better, colors were brighter, food tasted better, but what advantage is that when you can't operate normally?

I wonder how many accidents at home like falling or breaking something were caused by a buzz?

I have heard that reality is for people that can't handle drugs. I believe the opposite is true.