I don't have a problem with marijuana legalization, provided that there are strict laws about not operating vehicles or machinery (or showing up to work) stoned.
Though I've smoked it a few times in my life, I don't particularly enjoy it. I find myself using less and less "medication" the older I get (including alcohol/drugs/food/TV/etc) and more and more things that put me into action instead, like exercise, or journaling, or fresh air. Call me new-agey if you want, but I'm feeling pretty good lately.
I'm not really interested in any other drugs being legalized, though. I don't want something as destructive as meth or heroin to be easily-accessible. Sure, anything can be misused - but reading, for instance, Freakonomics' chapter on crack... I just don't really want to encourage destructive behavior with things that can be so easily destructive.
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