Dennis Prager Opposes Legalizing Drugs

On his radio show March 8, 2013, Dennis said: “When you legalize a drug, you get vastly more use of it.”

“All of you in Colorado who voted for Amendment 64, I say congratulations, you [have more children using marijuana].”

“We’ve legalized marijuana and we’ve gone crazy on tobacco. It should’ve been the opposite.”

“The ill effects of smoking cigarettes are felt 50 years later while you become an idiot the more you smoke marijuana. You don’t become an idiot smoking tobacco. Nobody who smokes a cigarette becomes a danger on the road. People who smoke marijuana are a danger on the road. You can perform intellectually beautifully on tobacco but not on marijuana. Marijuana is an escape from life. Cigarettes are not an escape from life.”

“As for legalization of drugs, once you don’t have all drugs legalized, it’s over. The war on drugs would continue. Would meth be available?”

“Don’t you realize that for every drug that is legal, there is going to be some new illegal variant created?”

Dennis gets a caller defending marijuana. Dennis asked him if he was married and the guy said no. “The chances of a guy (or girl) getting married who smokes pot regularly are reduced.”

“If you have two candidates for a job, for babysitting, and they are identical in every way except that one is a pot smoker, do you think the employer would flip a coin?”

“Society has gone crazy over health while the spirit of the human being is neglected.”

“I can’t believe that smoking pot will lead to more prosperity. ‘Yeah, I’ve been working harder now that I’ve been having a joint each day.’ It doesn’t strike me as a logical train of events.”

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