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I’m an asthmatic. You actually think I’m not concerned with second-hand smoke? If we can regulate where people smoke we can damned sure regulate where they smoke pot.

Lousy argument, man.

Maybe you want to poison the rest of the world with your second-hand smoke but this is just our way of making sure that our children don’t die of various breathing disorders.

And what about the employees in the restaurants where you want it legal to smoke pot? What if they get lung cancer?

Maybe you should start thinking about other people and stop being so selfish.

I’ve known a ton of stoners in my life. They’re harmless. It’s madness to make ‘em do hard time for doing something that seems less harmful than drinking alcohol.

I’m generally with the libertarians on this one, although I’m amenable to more state intervention when talking about drugs that are addictive and quite harmful (I’m just fine with keeping heroin illegal).

I am totally against Decriminalization of Marijuana !

Even persons urging a ban on dog racing cite the decline in the business, e.g. here: “Dog racing is a dying industry in Massachusetts. Between 2002 and 2007, the total amount gambled at Wonderland Greyhound Park and Raynham Park declined by 65% and 37%, respectively. Even dog track owners acknowledge their businesses are failing.“

Seems to me the conservative thing to do is get government subsidies out of the picture and let the private enterprises sink or swim on their own.

Suggesting dog tracks should be banned because you care about the people smacks of the same do-gooder nanny state liberalism that has driven recent actions to ban smoking. I see nothing conservative at all behind that motivation.