As much as I'd like to live in an ideal libertarian state, I know that it's impractical in the real world. What I want is the gradual removal of unnecessaryily restrictive laws that do more harm than good. Marijuana is illegal, and that turns something that could be used as a legitimate medicine or recreational drug into something that people kill over, lace with strong drugs in order to expand sales, and demonize without any good reason. A better law would be to criminalize driving or operation of machinery while high, and to regulate the sale of it so that users can get a clean, unaltered product.
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