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How do you conclude that? If I had my way, I would legalize it all--heroin, meth, crack, belladonna, pot, etc. I would even allow legal 20 oz. sodas, provided I am not presented with a bill for the health consequences of the decision to indulge in the ingestion of harmful substances--something I suspect that you don't understand.
So in other words they're hypocrites? They believe in contradictions?
You mean like Cons screaming about Big government and yet they never reduce the size of Government, the last Con President Doubled the size of the government and it is Cons that love controlling peoples private lives through legislation. Get back to us when you get the log out of your own eye.
Liberals have always been the party of the deviant..legalize all drugs, sodomy, marry your horse if you like and have a late term abortion if it suits your needs
An interesting revelation from the MJ legalization currently under way in my state has been how popular pot smoking is among denizens of the left. The Seattle City Attorney celebrated legalization by buying some pot and bringing it to the office. Seattle's Attorney Pete Holmes Takes Pot To Work, Apologizes (And Smokes)
I guess that there is probably less alcohol consumption on the right due to the number of conservative Christians, but other than that I don't see a difference in right-wing vs. left wing boozing. But there is this huge dichotomy when it comes to marijuana use. No doubt there are some right-wing libertarians who indulge, but in my experience they are mostly ex-users. A local libertarian candidate here said that (paraphrase) 'we are gun-toting economists on drugs.' But like most Libertarians, if he ever used drugs it was probably over 30 years ago.
I asked a liberal/progressive friend who is a non-pot-smoker about this. He immediately agreed that it is far more prevalent on the left. He explained, "we're more relaxed; we're not as uptight as the right."
Why are so many on the left enamoured of smoking the wacky tobacky?
I guess the right is more addicted to prescription drugs. And alcohol is by far more damaging than pot. At least pot has medicinal purposes. Alcohol is nothing more than to get people drunk. Besides, I have a problem with making a natural plant illegal.
That's true. But the right also supported prohibition.
Today there are more on the left trying to end prohibition while the right, for the most part, are doing their darnedest to prolong it as long as possible.
Seems the left learned from their mistakes and are trying somewhat to correct them while the right is content with being historically wrong.
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And alcohol is by far more damaging than pot. At least pot has medicinal purposes. Alcohol is nothing more than to get people drunk. Besides, I have a problem with making a natural plant illegal.