(December 23, 2008 at 6:11 am)lilphil1989 Wrote: In my opinion, government should have nothing to say about what we do to our own bodies as long as it doesn't affect the health of others.
BTW - I have never (and more than likely never will) used a non-medicinal drug other than alcohol, I just take issue with what i can and can't put in MY body being dictated to me.
This is where it gets tricky. Cigarettes, alcohol, mental illness that may have been caused by marijuana or other drugs, does effect other people, hence why government imposes laws. I don't know how society can sort these problems out. They tried to outlaw alcohol in America and look what happened then. Outlawing something does tend to lead to more crime, but then two wrongs don't make a right. It's a hard one.

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