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In reply to the discussion: Why the Hell Isn't Biden Ending the Federal War on Cannabis? [View all]Calculating
(2,993 posts)To protect people from themselves. Banning alcohol, banning drugs or prostitution, burning books that give the kids impure thoughts, banning things that are seen as non family friendly, etc. This is all done in the name of the greater good, but limits freedom within our society. Personally I want more freedom and not less.
I bring up alcohol because it's impossible to correctly analyze the justness of cannabis prohibition without looking at the status of legal alcohol. How in the world is it right that the much more harmful drug is legal and socially encouraged, while the less harmful drug that comes from a natural plant is criminalized? I don't care about the greater good of society as much as what is right/fair. Doing everything in the name of the greater good is how you get dystopian nightmares like China where they're even limiting video games now. It's like they want everyone to be a perfect obedient robot.