Smoked 18 years before quitting, and quit cold-turkey. That is hardly addicting, and hardly makes me a criminal.
Alcohol makes me ill - makes the room spin and me sick at my stomach, and the headache the next day keeps me from wanting to do much, either.
Never suffered none of that from pot.
You are good, are you are bad, but what you are is by choice, and largely due to how you were raised, not what bad habits you may pick up along the way.
If they could legalize it, tax it, and get re-elected, they would have long ago. I would trust a pot-smoking politician more than I would one with a DUI on his record.
I decided to major in Agri-Business back in 1979, and here we are nearly 30 years later debating the same lame debate. I thought surely it would be a legal cash crop by now. Look at the evidence!
Insurance companies are a bigger hurdle than we think, as they are going to cry foul at their supposed "increased risks", but they are not exactly throwing down the gauntlet at the tobacco and alcohol industries. I suspect that, aside from their own personal consumption (and bet they like pot, too), the tobacco and alcohol industries return a nice capital gain to their investment bottom-lines. You will find both tobacco and alcohol (beverage) companies in any mutual fund or diversified investment portfolio.
I haven't had a connection for over 12 years, but have never quit longing for the stuff. I live without, but not really by choice. Some freedom this is. I would toke in a heartbeat if presented the opportunity right now.
The "drug war" is a scam.
