I never said you were wrong about anything, its your opinion. I asked how do you go from "I respect the dealer, not the fiend" to comparing that to a 9-5? Its obvious why a person would respect a dealer over a dope fiend. Now comparing to a person with a legit profession, both have their merits and negatives, it just depends on the type of person.
People look at drug dealing the way they do because society tells you to look at them like that, weed and sellers of it are a perfect example of this and you understand yourself because you even made an exception in the op. Alcohol and tobacco have a more detrimental impact on society as a whole but we not sitting here shaking our fingers at the liquor stores and bars on every corner.
Most hypes weren't shyt in the first place, drugs just compliment that. Just like prostitution being illegal, why are we spending money to legislate what people want to do with their p*ssy mouth and ass
and why are others so concerned and bothered by it? I say that because the same could be said about respecting the hooker and not the john. I don't give a fukk about either or, they both are grown and made a conscious decision to do what they chose to do, who the fukk am I to judge?