[SirFishalot]

Actually that is a very difficult question to answer because of the complexities of the subject.

You see, tobacco is just barely legal today. The anti tobacco crowd, mostly liberal BTW, have attempted to eliminate tobacco all together by taxing it to death (which by the way affects the poor more than any other tax on the books), by suing the tobacco companies (which benefited a few select law firms far more than anyone else), by limiting age, by limiting places you can smoke, with massive ad campaigns against it, with school "education" programs, and etc. They have done this in the name of benefiting society. This has lead to wide spread bootlegging, shipment thefts, and smuggling in many places such as here in New York.

Since pot is, in my very informed opinion, at least as dangerous if not more than tobacco, I can only see legalization leading to the same scenario as above. That means to me that trial lawyers will benefit, taxes will affect the poor far more than anyone else, and bootlegging will thrive anyways.

So based on that, I don't feel pot should be legalized.

[William Terrell]

So based on that, I don't feel pot should be legalized.

So, you think cannabis should not be legalized because it would cause at a lesser degree what it is causing now?

[Wolfie]

This has lead to wide spread bootlegging, shipment thefts, and smuggling in many places such as here in New York.

All the better. The more resources they spend chasing after the tobacco folks, the less spent on chasing me.

[MrLeRoy]

Since pot is, in my very informed opinion, at least as dangerous if not more than tobacco,

Provide evidence for your claim.

I can only see legalization leading to the same scenario as above. That means to me that trial lawyers will benefit,

I don't like trial lawyers---or used car salesmen. Shall we ban used car sales so used car salesmen don't benefit?

taxes will affect the poor far more than anyone else,

They have the choice to not buy the taxed item and thus not pay the tax.

and bootlegging will thrive anyways.

Cigarette bootlegging is small potatoes compared to marijuana smuggling; how many innocents have died in shootouts between cigarette bootleggers?