Quote Originally Posted by sailor jack View Post
being killed by doing something dangerous is not a health issue.
The government of any nation has a responsibility to maintain the health of the nation (not mentioning what you already have about some people becoming lazy stoners and therefore reducing the productivity of the nation, which i personally feel would be negligable.

smoking marijuana is both dangerous and harmful to your health
extreme sports are dangerous but provide many health benefits, with the exception of a very few cases of entering the ground at high speed
Right. You missed my point though. Extreme sports have risks and so does smoking weed, and it's upto the person if they take the risk. Not everyone who smokes gets lung cancer, and not everyone who basejumps goes splat. Not a very good comparison I know because extreme sports take practice, but anything could be around the corner.

Same with the government though, I think with the length of time weed has been outlawed they're thinking 'better safe than sorry'.