[brent13a]

by keeping it illegal, we cannot regulate it

There's the usual progressive screed dressed up in a pretty libertarian dress. The sunshine & rainbows theory that legalization=regulation=perfect resolution. Colorado and Oregon have both legalized pot and both have admitted that they have no idea how to regulate or control it. Then on top of that the Drug Cartels aren't mysteriously nor magically dissolving. Marijuana isn't a 32oz soda in NYC, it isn't a harmless rainbow drug.....and the gov't making it illegal is no different than the gov't saying incest is illegal. But then again it's hard to ague with so-called conservatives who have allowed creeping progressivism to influence their beliefs.

[stormhill]

After the repeal of Prohibition the rate of alcoholism increased to 1000%. It’ll be interesting to see what’s really going on with pot legalization. No doubt the real numbers will be hidden for as long as they can be.

The crime stats will eventually tell the tale.

[Jonty30]

You are welcome to continue down the current path of lifetime sentences and chopping the hands and feet off for possession of a few ounces. If you wish.

Hows that working for you?