Patrick Kennedy....why so confused?

[countryjake]

44. Not a RightWing panderer, at all. He's in Recovery.

There were quite a few junkies and addicts (recovering) here in the state of Washington who held views very similar to those of Patrick Kennedy when legalization was put to the vote in 2012. I had many discussions with such people during the months leading up to that historical ballot issue and their general concerns were the consequences that plopping pot in the same boat as alcohol might eventually have on the youth of this country. Mind you, these were folk who had suffered the effects of substance abuse (drugs and alcohol) throughout a goodly chunk of their lives and I do believe that their fears were both justified and reasonable.

If you think that Kennedy is stating his opinion for money, what, then, do you think of Corporate Alcohol's successful efforts at wresting regulation of liquor sales away from state's control in the name of "privatization"?

Would you say that disregarding the possible risks and the resulting effects on the health of a nation's people in order to dramatically increase the profits of a major industry is a Left Wing position? It's practically the definition of corporate capitalism, don't ya think?