German Lopez

One thing I wanted to do is also just flip this a bit because in some ways, the way you have seen marijuana portrayed in the last few decades, it's not just that it's not a vice, but it's a literal virtue.

Like, it has medical properties that are good.

You see people celebrating its use.

I mean...

It's not hard to find a celebrity who is like boasting that they use pot every day.

Now, I would just ask people to think, what if somebody was saying that about like alcohol?

Like I'm getting drunk every single day.

What would you think about that?

I think you would start thinking that person has a problem and something is wrong here because intuitively we understand that like, look, there are limits to how much

we should be celebrating this thing, even if it's legal.

And I think the same applies to marijuana here, especially in a cultural sense, I think we've gone way too far in glorifying its use.

You know, I think a lot of people might hear this conversation we're having and think, look at these three narcs and they're hating marijuana and all that.

That's my favorite self-image.

But it's just by the nature of this editorial and by the nature of this conversation, we are talking a lot about why we're making the case for regulation.

But all three of us are supporters of legalization.

We think marijuana should have been legalized.

Like, I partake.

I'm cool.

Like, it's not just that.

Fair enough.