"I think we are on this precipice, teetering on this little thing where we have no problem discussing how bad marijuana is but don't attack alcohol, because that's a part of our culture. Well you know what, people get behind the wheel drinking everyday and kill people. I'd much rather smell weed on the side of the street than liquor on someone's breath trying to talk to me. So I think we can be hypocrites about it."
"If we legalize at a federal level the recreational use of marijuana, then we can regulated it and make sure the THC levels are consistent and below where it becomes some of these problems. this society is meddling in hypocrisy in a way that makes me furious. I don't smoke weed or drink beer and alcohol, but to be in a place where I can watch alcohol commercials on TV and hear someone preach how bad weed is, no. Take that on somewhere else."
U.S. culture displays hypocrisy by condemning marijuana while normalizing alcohol and alcohol advertising despite alcohol-related driving fatalities. Federal legalization of recreational marijuana could enable consistent THC regulation and potency limits to reduce harms. Veterans can obtain therapeutic benefit from marijuana and other drugs, according to firsthand accounts from military service. Some media panelists oppose marijuana while accepting alcohol's cultural status. The New York Times editorial board previously supported legalization but later warned that legalization produced unforeseen negative outcomes and that earlier predictions about limited downsides were incorrect.
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