[Responsibility2nd]

“I live in NH. I don’t give a ratz arse if people in CA smoke pot and I don’t want my money going to make sure they don’t. Cut the spending, remember?”

http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2010/09/legalizing-marijuana-why-citizens-should-just-say-no?query=Legalizing+Marijuana:+Why+Citizens+Should+Just+Say+No

In short, no state will likely be allowed to legalize marijuana on its own, with such serious, negative cross-state spillover effects. Yet even if California could act as if it were an island, the legalization route would still end very badly for the Golden State. There is strong evidence to suggest that legalizing marijuana would serve little purpose other than to worsen the state’s drug problems— addiction, violence, disorder, and death. While long on rhetoric, the legalization movement, by contrast, is short on facts.

More. Much more....

[rhombus]

OK you be scared and pony up the funds. That kind of hand-wringing is way down on my list of priorities about what threatens the Republic.

[allmendream]

California has defacto legalized it. It is for sale in more shops than Starbucks around here. All you need is $30 and to tell a Dr. you think it helps with stress or whatnot, and then you can shop at the corner store for it.

Where is the corresponding increase in addiction, violence, disorder and death in California from the time it went widely available in legal shops?

Speaking of being short of facts.....

[JustSayNoToNannies]

"Legalize marijuana, and the demand for marijuana goes up substantially as the deterrence effect of law enforcement disappears. Yet not many suppliers will operate legally, refusing to subject themselves to the established state regulatory scheme— not to mention taxation—while still risking federal prosecution, conviction, and prison time."

Laughable BS. As a first-year econ student could have predicted, when the drug alcohol was legalized, legally-operating suppliers sprung up, and illegal supply was rapidly relegated to a footnote.

[gdani]

There is strong evidence to suggest that legalizing marijuana would serve little purpose other than to worsen the state’s drug problems— addiction, violence, disorder, and death

First, I think you mean RE-legalize.

Second, why haven't all those horrible things happened in countries where marijuana is legal or decriminalized?

Heck, in Ohio you can have up to 100 grams personal possession and all you get is a minor misdemeanor (like a jaywalking ticket).

Somehow, Ohio has not cracked to the point of falling into Lake Erie, though.