<p>I don’t think anyone is making the argument that drug use is better than no drug use, but rather that people make their own choices and are entitled to that. People do it as is regardless of illegality, whether it be anything from heroin and meth to cocaine to weed, alcohol, and cigarettes.</p>
<p>As far as jailing goes, people should go back to the reason we have a prison system in the first place. We don’t lock people up for bad decisions, we are supposed to be locking people up that are dangerous to others. Most drug users are not dangerous to anyone but themselves, and this is the most true of weed probably. Alcohol has drunk driving and rape, cigarettes have second hand smoke, harder drugs have obviously dangerous behavior, and weed has a bunch of people sitting around on the couch with a few cases of driving under the influence, much lower than alcohol. If we are looking at drugs in terms of crime and punishment, weed should be the most legal via the actual reason for illegality.</p>
<p>This isn’t about saving people from themselves, its about protecting others. The one argument I do see is that drug users encourage / enable others to begin using, and could be wrong if it uses misinformation or pressure. But to determine that for legality would be a nightmare.</p>
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<p>This is part of it. However, a much bigger force is in play beyond morality of drugs. For anyone who is interested, watch “The House I Live In”. Especially @Bardinators . It shows very well how little drug laws and societal safety are related, and much more importantly the injustice behind it.</p>
<p>To Bradinator again, I think the biggest thing you have to learn on the subject is that intelligence is not directly correlated with choosing to do drugs. Usually the conditions that foster drug use are in correlation with the level of education. Poor school rampant with drugs and poverty versus a prep school with some light party drug use: which do you think will foster more regular drug users?</p>