That's a bullshit argument. For every Carl Sagan or Lenny Bruce there are ten or a hundred nameless stoners who are still living in Mom's basement and think they need to smoke up so they can tie their shoes. Pot didn't make Carl Sagan who he was, no more than whiskey and cigars made Winston Churchill who he was; I'm willing to bet it may have prevented others from reaching his level.
Maybe those losers in the basement might still be sitting there drinking Olde English 800 or huffing glue instead of smoking pot; they're useless to the rest of us regardless. And to quote your Carl Sagan, marijuana is worth Billions and Billions of dollars to - well, the people who are willing to pay for it, and the people who are willing to do whatever it takes to supply that demand. But a society that spends as much time, effort and money as ours does to derange its senses with alcohol and narcotics is a sick one.
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Date: 2010-11-03 10:32 pm (UTC)Maybe those losers in the basement might still be sitting there drinking Olde English 800 or huffing glue instead of smoking pot; they're useless to the rest of us regardless. And to quote your Carl Sagan, marijuana is worth Billions and Billions of dollars to - well, the people who are willing to pay for it, and the people who are willing to do whatever it takes to supply that demand. But a society that spends as much time, effort and money as ours does to derange its senses with alcohol and narcotics is a sick one.