compuease;328038 wroteWell I certainly now understand some things that have been going on here..
careful, once its legalized thats treason!
and while I have no personal preference in how much anyone chooses to smoke (and fries brain cells) I do have a wish to not be run down in a car by some dope head..
Legalizing it doesn't do this though. If we did it right with education (especially vs what we do now which is preach ignorance of it) then there should be the same or less than that.
But baked driving isn't really an issue, certainly not compared to liquor. I'll agree we don't need to allow diving high, but I have friends who live pretty much 100% stoned and their demeanor cause them to drive safer than my higher strung friends that don't toke. And they are certainly safer than many drivers out there.
These same friends run power tools, build thing, do extreme sports, operate equipment and work high. Here for some its more like having a smoke, that just gives you a little buzz. Its different when you have a higher tolerance kinda thing.
We do however need to deal with teenagers and new drivers/new smokers....but thats just a matter of education
legalize it, tax it, allow small amount for personal consumption similar to wine/beer...
but the latter stuff you said doesn't suggest we should tax it
So what would you like Darb, open season on smoking weed, taking drugs, drinking etc?
thats a very loaded question but I can say that I believe we are not free until weed is legal.
But I think if we can come to a concensus on this forum we can infuse the new 'rule' in our society.
My worry though is when people suggest we can make money by taxing it. Thats not really making money. And if its legal why would we buy it? You wouldn't have to, you could just help yourself to mine.