Quote Originally Posted by celticstone View Post
I tend to agree with you. I have always believed in the right to bare arms and the pursuit of personal freedom and happiness if it does not harm anyone else, but when it comes to the war on drugs, I do believe some things should be regulated due to their addictive nature, i.e. meth, cocaine and opium. but I have never believed in the laws against cannabis due to the fact it was used to expel one ethnicity to make room and create jobs for the man, so to speak.

Our founding fathers, (Washington, Franklin, Jefferson) grew it and believed in it for alot of textile and medicinal purposes, and it used to be law that if you wanted own land in this country, you had to grow hemp. ( Decreed by King James in the 1600's.)

To make it even weirder, the first law was a joke( the tax stamp of 1937.) It was illegal to grow the crop unless you had the stamp, but to get the stamp you had to bring in the crop, which would instantly get you incarcerated for possession. This was eventually overturned due to the 5th amendment violation ( self icrimination). Ok enough of my rant, I think my opinion is noted.
I hear this from a lot of people I have this conversation with. I really believe that trully free people should also have the freedom to be absolutely stupid too (regarding drug use). We allow people to become addicted to alcohol and nicotine, so why not the others as well?