Conservatives Are Wrong About Marijuana | Freedom Friday

Text the show! Should conservatives support banning marijuana — or regulate it the same way we regulate alcohol?In this Freedom Friday episode of Common Sense, Chad takes the strongest arguments against marijuana seriously: today's dramatically higher THC potency, addiction and daily use, risks to young people, and the consequences of legalization.Then he asks the question the prohibition argument has trouble answering: If alcohol and tobacco remain legal despite enormous documented harms, why does THC require a ban?Chad breaks down the strongest case for marijuana prohibition — and explains why he believes the evidence actually points toward regulation.Along the way: the alcohol consistency test, the difference between legalization and decriminalization, why excessive cannabis taxes can reactivate the black market prohibition created, the federal government's medical-marijuana contradiction, and the Texas rules that can turn a THC gummy into a felony while small amounts of marijuana flower remain a misdemeanor.This isn't an argument that marijuana is harmless.It's an argument that proving harm and proving the need for prohibition are two very different things.CHAPTERS00:00 Conservatives Want to Ban Weed?01:12 The Strongest Case Against Marijuana05:15 The Potency Problem — and the Obvious Fix09:01 The Alcohol Test12:44 When Does Government Get to Decide?15:19 Legalization vs. Prohibition: What Actually Works?18:59 The Medical Marijuana Contradiction22:51 Regulate THC Like Alcohol25:17 The Conservative Case for FreedomProtect kids. Test the product. Label the potency. Punish impaired driving. And let informed adults make their own decisions.📲 Questions, arguments, or think Chad got it completely wrong? Text 252-CHAD-LAW.🌐 ChadParkerLaw.comCommon Sense with Chad Law | Freedom Friday