[firecraker]

Does something else being worse (alcohol) but acceptable mean that an alternative (cannabis) should be acceptable?

If alcohol was not already widely (ab)used in a county would they be wrong to prohibit it?

(Note not meant in any form of malice, intended as probing questions for discussion)

[kstrauser]

"Should be acceptable" is the wrong way to look at it. "Should be illegal" is the question that should be answered.

There's a subtle but important distinction between

> Alcohol is allowed, so cannabis should be allowed.

and

> Alcohol is not illegal, so cannabis should not be illegal.

Our legal system is a default-allow denylist: unless a law says you can't do something, you can. The government doesn't grant permission. It removes it.

So because the government hasn't made the case that we should ban alcohol, I think it's on them to prove that cannabis is somehow worse to justify its banning.