Marijuana

[Evil Chris]

What's the big deal with pot? Personally, I don't smoke it much. Maybe a few times a year and that's it. I'm more of a social drinker than anything else, but of all the "drugs" in the world, why is there such a stink make over pot?

Please don't give me that "it's a gateway drug to harder drugs". I just don't buy it.
I know plenty, and I mean plenty of people who occasionally smoke up. People you would never have imagined. Big deal! It's relaxing, and you never hear of a domestic disturbance on "Cops" due to someone having smoked a doobie.

I see little 15 second spots from one of the Vermont TV stations up here. People who are wanted by the police for one thing or another. They post their names on television, and the reason why the authorities are after them. You see the odd "B&E" or parole violation there, but the vast majority of them are "possession of marijuana". I just can't believe stuff like that is making it on TV.

I'm not purposely comparing US and Canadian ideals here, but you would never see something like that on Canadian television. Can anyone shed some meaningful light on this?