LGBT Civil Rights and Activism

6502,

1) Yes, marijuana is illegal. Your first argument is, basically: marijuana is illegal, so people who use it do an illegal thing, which is bad, so it should be illegal. Well, this is a bullshit argument.

2) Yes, there is no control over the quality of marijuana. That's because it's bloody illegal. If that's your issue with marijuana, make it legal and let it be sold and regulated and controlled by the fda like other goods are.

3) Yes, tobacco and alcohol are regulated. They cause physical damage, incapacitate the user and give addiction and, note this, BOTH ARE LEGAL. There is no reason why legal marijuana shouldn't be regulated. Just like you shouldn't drive drunk, you shouldn't drive high, and yes, there should be a minimum age. You call prohibition ambitious; well, I guess it was. It was also a complete failure that did not reduce alcohol consumption (but made people drink awful unsafe substitutes) and provided a strong impulse to organised crime and police corruption.

4) Yes, medical marijuana is a pathetic excuse. So what? Make it legal and no-one will have to make that pathetic excuse again.

For the record, I don't do marijuana or any other kind of drug, have never done it, and I do not intend to do them in the future.