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I understand the libertarian’s point of view of the government doesn’t have a right to tell me what I can or cannot put in my body. That part that is missing is my right to raise my family in a community without homelessness, crime, and general sloths of human beings.
Objectivism typically states that you should look for what is in your own best interest, drugs in my community, as it is today, is not in my best interest. It does me no benefit, it destroys my community, it causes massive unemployment and increased welfare recipients.
The only way I would be okay with legalizing marijuana is if the user lost all access to government help in any form whatsoever. Then, before it was legalized, I want a law removing your ability to vote, and another law to export homeliness people to California that test positive for marijuana.
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