The arguments are ludicrous. The whole debate is whether pot should be taxed. If it won't be taxed it will be prohibited, which seems a strange thing to do with a weed that grows everywhere. Pot smoking screws up the mind and makes a nation easy pickings, but that is another issue.
His opinion is based on 50 year old science? Wasn't the moon thought to be made of cheese back then?
RightWhale says "The arguments are ludicrous."
The argument against pot are long as is their history. They are not lidicrous, just not something to hear if you have a pro-drug agenda.
Here's a little bit about pot and schitophrenia for you to chew on while you call this also ludacrous.
I bet you love how George checked out all these heavy drug users and they all started with pot. DING DING DING.
http://www.jhunewsletter.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/04/11/3e95e7d8a6ea7
"Recent research indicates a correlation between frequent marijuana use and aggressive or violent behavior"
In my experience, they were always quite mellow.
My guess is the majority of pot usage is a form of recreation. It is the nations that ignore the benefits of recreation that are the "easy pickings." How much energy do dour "all work and no play" types put into defending their way of life?