"Leaving addicts to die on the streets would be a bit of an eyesore, I would think, and not something I would want children to see on a regular basis."

Parents used to take their kids to public hangings, kids in third world cesspools see horrible stuff every day, might be a lesson in there somewhere...

Didn't read all the pages so may be repeating others it does seem strange to legalize a product with no viable test for using it So is there a impaired test for using the ton of legal prescriptions handed out daily or is the warning label enough Whern i asked law enforcement about state legal fed illegal I was told if an accident or pullover occurs and the test is positive the issue gets handed over to the feds
Even though the potshops only take cash the state makes a bundle on taxes at notime was the pot tobacco and booze shops shut down or out of supply during covid
As always your experience and results may vary

Legal weed creates a lot of jobs, much tax money and a good amount of money towards GDP.
Those who drink alcohol or are okay with alcohol but not legal weed are big time hypocrites. Off the two only one is classified a hard drug, it’s the legal one. Of the 2, the true gateway drug is the one that is legal.

Once again, if you’re okay with booze but not a joint you’re a Freedom For Me, not Freedom For Thee. You likely know lots of productive to society weed users but just don’t even know it because it’s not legal.

Legal in Michigan, my tiny community of 4000 people just replaced and added more playground equipment and is currently rebuilding our softball / little league fields.
All 100% paid for with the taxes from pot sales locally. Community members now argue over whose pet project is up for next years $$$

I worry more about anabolic steroids mixed with tattoo ink.

Careful. You're talking too much sense. One of the Tman Karens is going to get all hysterical about fentanyl.

One thing that seems certain, full legalization breeds liberalism. As the majority of states who have this policy vote for the anti-gun, anti-outdoorsman democrats.

That was probably speed, had a friend that could drive across the country nonstop taking them. Wears your body out though, he died fairly young. I took one at my high school grad party, felt normal just never got tired. My bil has narcolepsy and he has a prescription for something that acts just like speed. I was never a smoker but thought weed relaxed the user, falling asleep driving is all that fun. We also wouldn’t still have Willy if it wasn’t for weed, he said drinking whiskey all day every day would have killed him.

This is a wild take, J Staton. I know plenty of Republicans / non-Liberals who are daily users.

Just look at the states who have made it legal most tend to vote blue. I'm watching MO since it's close by and conservative. I guess it's been fully legal there for 4 or 5 years now. There's consequences for every action, both good and bad. The good (tax revenue) comes to fruition early on. I figure the bad takes longer to ripen. Maybe a decade will tell?

Indeed, it’s a real stretch. Canadas two most conservative provinces
Alberta
Saskatchewan

Canadas two provinces with the most cannabis use in terms of dollars spent per person
Alberta
Saskatchewan

Hardly fits that narrative.

Maybe the same person that thinks people that smoke weed are dangers in vehicles because they think they’re trying to outrun satan. lol

Yeah, anti pot propaganda like Reefer Madness didn’t work at all. Lol

I think you’re overstating an unproven (and very unlikely) correlation. How many states historically voted Republican, legalized marijuana, and then flipped to voting Democrat?

What’s certain is we first saw legalization by states that historically voted Democrat and were more open to those types of policies. By your logic, we’d have a Democrat in office given the number of states who have legalized marijuana in the last decade.

You said it you're self that democrats are more open to such policies. Legalization in a state, would be a draw for liberals therefore breeding liberalism amongst a once conservative populace.

Not when the majority of states its now legal. And the first that made it legal were places were ran by democrats to begain with. Those wanting to move and able to have already made the move.
At first it was likely a draw but in that case it was drawing democrats to democrat ran areas.

now its legal in so many places people are not picking up to move that have not already moved much earlier.

I doubt many people actually moved to a state just because pot became legal. It has always been readily available at little risk no matter where you live.

I did hear of a few people doing so and others talking about it as a perk of different states. But theybwere typically young and I don't think there was any mass migration. That to bad. If it would work it would be a great way to Get rid of democrats. Legalization of all drugs in California Oregon and if the democrats would move there from the rest of the states it would be great. but I don't think it will work.
infact seems like some state did make all drugs legal maybe Oregon? Have not heard of any mass migration as of yet.

Libertarianism is liberalism.

Why is that? Or do you mean that it's not a concern?

I know. Y'all boys decide more elections in the democrats favor when races are close.
Libertarians, or at the least the party, are the agnostics of the political religion. Their unwillingness to take a stand on such things as life or a nation's sovereignty are very telling. The battle cry of freedom doesn't change that fact.