Weed, alcohol, cigarettes, and juuling should all be banned by the government due to their harmful effects on the human body

I've never done a drug in my life and aside form a rather comical contact high some years ago, I have no real data. But I completely disagree with you (+1). I know people who drink, who smoke; I have friends who enjoy pot from time to time. That's their business. I admit, I have no idea what juuling means.

It's not my thing. But at the end of the day, we live in a free society and if my friend Dave or John wants to have a scotch and a cigarette after work, I think it's fine and I have no interest in inviting the government in for a second opinion. It's their choice.

What you're advocating is control by government, and I gotta walk away from that. That is the antithesis of freedom. That is what leads to ideas like restaurants not being allowed to offer salt, or beverages above certain ounces or straws to drink them through. And that's happening. And that's not correct.

I respect you enough to be okay with your thoughts because I think you mean well. But there are ramifications that are often uncalculated. It is not the governments job to tell Dave or John what they can eat, what they can smoke, or how they live their lives, provided they are doing so in a manner which is lawful and peaceful.

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