Oh, if only we legalized marijuana then all those decent pot smokers criminalized by our puritanical sobriety loving ways wouldn’t be forced to use drugs to lure children into sexual relationships, or at least that what a bunch of Libertarians tried to tell me in the comments of a Hot Air story yesterday.

Once it’s legal this could never happen right tokers?

A Monroe County man already accused of drug trafficking has been arrested on charges he gave drugs and money to a 15-year-old girl in exchange for sex.

Julio Santiago, 28, of Tobyhanna, was held in the Monroe County Correctional Facility on $100,000 bail after his arrest for involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a minor, aggravated indecent sexual assault, statutory sexual assault and related charges.

The new charges were filed on Friday as Mr. Santiago appeared before Magisterial District Judge Anthony Fluegel for his preliminary hearing on drug-trafficking charges. Those charges were bound over to Monroe County Court.

According to Pocono Mountain Regional Police, Mr. Santiago admitted having a sexual relationship with the 15-year-old girl while selling drugs out of his home at Pocono Country Place.

Mr. Santiago allegedly gave the teenager drugs and money to engage in sexual activity, which he videotaped on at least one occasion.

But since he wouldn’t be a dealer he would no longer be the kind of person who gave drugs to a child and videotaped himself sexually exploiting her right? Bah! Drug users and dealers are scum and will continue their criminality if drugs are legalized. This person would still-have given drugs to children to have sex with them, and the only way to avoid that (which I’ve seen literally advocated by people) is to make it legal for children to get high. The thinking being if we legally got kids high they wouldn’t be sexually exploited I guess.

When are we going to admit that a large chunk of the drug culture is about sexual exploitation? Men who can’t pick up women on their own merits get women (and often children) high because it’s the only way for them to have sex. That’s the truth about weed, and someone needs to say it.You ladies want to end up trying to collect child support from a stoner who works in Starbucks and lives with his parents go ahead and get high with your “friends” but don’t say I didn’t warn you.