Originally Posted by drgoodtrips

Sure it does. Breaking the law is simply a system of risk and reward/punishment. There is little to no risk involved in smoking pot and the penalties for doing so are minor. Marijuana laws, as they currently exist for people in terms of personal use, are more like suggestions than anything else. It's fairly comparable to me not 'recognizing' the law that says I can't double park when I'm running in to drop something off. I recognize that the law exists, I don't really care, and I would break it with impunity. So, in the philosophical sense, I don't recognize that it has any authority over me.

I don't smoke pot, myself, but the decision not to has absolutely nothing to do with the law's impotent effort to stop me.