Michael Phelps Needs To Stop Apologizing For Smoking Weed

I do not smoke pot myself, but this is getting ridiculous. Michael Phelps needs to stop apologizing for smoking some weed and stop pretending like he is regretful. He did nothing wrong, and it is his own personal business if he smoked some marijuana at a party. Who cares? Marijuana should be legalized once and for all, there is no reason the government should be supporting the biggest drug cartels by creating an underground black market for weed that only the largest criminal cartels can afford to partake in. The damage that occasional weed smoking causes is obviously devastating, you will merely be able to go on and become a record-breaking Olympic gold medalist. Marijuana is no more damaging than alcohol, in fact it is in many ways less damaging. It is not potheads but rather many drunks that have a propensity toward violence. Many violent crimes involve alcoholically intoxicated parties. We need to get past this ridiculous obsession with marijuana and do away with a prohibition which only serves to waste taxpayer money and fill up our already crowded jails. The prohibition on marijuana does not stop people from easily buying and smoking it if they so choose anyway. It only serves to criminalize an activity that is in no way any more dangerous than alcohol.

If you don't like that Phelps smoked some pot then crack open a beer, it'll help take the edge off.


The following is the late great Milton Friedman on why drugs should be legalized. He goes farther than I would, supporting the legalization of all drugs and not just marijauna. When Milton Friedman made an argument he was always worth listening to:


If you would like to watch the full Milton Friedman interview in defense of drug legalization visit -
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyystXOfDqo
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37-zCyI6rmk
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZNeZUROVM0
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