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<blockquote data-quote="KDM" data-source="post: 233557" data-attributes="member: 314"><p>If you agree, then what are we discussing?&nbsp; As far as the tables being flipped, as I said before, anyone using alcohol prior to working for me or providing me with a service is just as undesirable as using other drugs, so the legality of each is of relatively little importance to me.&nbsp; Both have negative impacts on society, but I didn't have a say in the repeal of prohibition.&nbsp; I do have a say in the legalization of MJ and I plan to say it.&nbsp; As far as freedom is concerned, I'm just as free to be against this as you are to be for it.&nbsp; To use that logic would be to argue that speeding is an infringement on my freedoms to go fast if I want to or that any statute for that matter that prohibits some action is an infringement on your freedoms.&nbsp; You are still free to do those things, but society has put penalties on those behaviors should you be caught doing them.&nbsp; With respect to alcohol use being more socially acceptable, I'm not sure of that's true given the DUI stigma and correlating social penalties associated with overuse of alcohol such as job loss, probation, and the like.&nbsp; If this passes, I'm not going to move to another state or anything like that, but will put voice to my thoughts and not support this measure.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="KDM, post: 233557, member: 314"] If you agree, then what are we discussing? As far as the tables being flipped, as I said before, anyone using alcohol prior to working for me or providing me with a service is just as undesirable as using other drugs, so the legality of each is of relatively little importance to me. Both have negative impacts on society, but I didn't have a say in the repeal of prohibition. I do have a say in the legalization of MJ and I plan to say it. As far as freedom is concerned, I'm just as free to be against this as you are to be for it. To use that logic would be to argue that speeding is an infringement on my freedoms to go fast if I want to or that any statute for that matter that prohibits some action is an infringement on your freedoms. You are still free to do those things, but society has put penalties on those behaviors should you be caught doing them. With respect to alcohol use being more socially acceptable, I'm not sure of that's true given the DUI stigma and correlating social penalties associated with overuse of alcohol such as job loss, probation, and the like. If this passes, I'm not going to move to another state or anything like that, but will put voice to my thoughts and not support this measure. [/QUOTE]

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