I was thinking the other day about the way that we are trusted by our government. We are trusted with 2-ton machines capable of killing instantly, yet we are not trusted with Marijuana.We are trusted with Tobacco, which most doctors will agree has no real health benefits. At the same time, there are a huge number of medicines, which do have redeaming attributes, that aren't nearly as dangerous as tobacco, but are tightly regulated by the government. My face medicine, used to control acne, requires a prescription.
I have to ask myself, where does our country draw the line. There are so many things that, to me at least, seem so incredibly random, yet no one thinks to control cars, even though we only recieve a set of lessons as teens. Why are we considered to need to be "protected" from face wash, but not tobacco?
Are there any laws that seem random and a little useless to you? I would love to start a conversation about the real roots of our laws.
You make an intersting point Sam, and I agree, many laws in our country seem very random and wanton. For example, our age of draft eligibility and legal criminal prosecution is 18, yet our drinking age is 21. In my opinion, if you are eligible to be called by your country to combat, you should be able to drink. Furthermore, many alcohol related deaths for people not yet of age are due to the fact that they are afraid to go to hospital if someone's health is put in danger due to drinking. This could easily be remedied, not necessarily by lowering the drinking age, but by creating a law to protect an underage person, and the people who brought them to the hospital. Also, certain regulations for prescription drugs are ridiculous, my acne medication is also prescription. I thin its ridiculous that acne medication should require the same sort of prescription as vicodin or oxycotin.
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