pot

My main gripe with pot smokers isn't that I don't like my public bathrooms smelling the way they do... it's the fact that they're implicitly supporting the violence that is going on in Mexico. Drug users in general provide the major source of revenue for violent groups (e.g. those that kill US troops in Afghanistan).

So I understand the whole legalize pot mentality (and I think it's sort of bogus), but until pot - of the non-medicinal variety - is legalized, there really is no excuse for smoking it. It irks me that pot smokers in SF are so blatant about it. I'm surprised there isn't some sort of statewide campaign to label pot smoking as unpatriotic (or something else, I don't think pot smokers in general are too keen about being patriotic).

As for legalizing pot... if it were up to me, tobacco products would be illegal. Alcohol wouldn't. There are responsible ways to drink alcohol, there aren't any responsible ways to smoke or chew. Besides, the government has a history of regulating self-destructive behavior (e.g. seatbelt laws and suicide laws). But I don't feel strongly either way.