According to the pictured recent poll, more than 75% of Granite Staters support legalizing MJ for recreational use. I do too, for these reasons:
1. The War on Drugs has been an abject failure;
2. The incarceration of non-violent drug offenders has created the largest prison population on the planet in the U.S.;
3. This destroys people and families;
4. It’s difficult for people with criminal records to find work, thus creating an unnecessary cycle of dependency on state welfare;
5. The War on Drugs puts undue stress on police, who are asked to enforce too many laws already, and instead of focusing on real property crimes, they are pitted against the communities they claim to serve;
6. MJ is far less harmful than alcohol, so if we are able to figure out how to permit the state to sell you booze next to the highway, surely we can make laws to make sense of this medicinal alternative?
7. My body, my choice. Self-ownership, it’s a thing. The state does not own you, and should not be able to control what you choose to consume.
