[Gingersnap]

I think we really have to think about drug use in general and pot in particular in a new way. Too many people have had experience with pot and they know that it didn't lead to "Reefer Madness". We need to focus more on illegal behaviors that actually affect others.

That said, I can certainly see the tax benefits from pot as well as the jobs that would be generated in rural America from growing it (and it's related products).

[robertpaulsen]

Don't forget about exports, too!

Yes, I know that would be illegal, but the marijuana traffickers and dealers have to do something.

Wait a minute ... if we're enforcing against exports instead of imports, where's the savings? Hmmmm.

[Conservative til I die]

I think we really have to think about drug use in general and pot in particular in a new way. Too many people have had experience with pot and they know that it didn't lead to "Reefer Madness". We need to focus more on illegal behaviors that actually affect others.

Seriously. I don't smoke weed anymore, but my cousin had a joint, which we smoked out on the back porch a few months ago after a night out at the bar. No one else knew, no one else was affected. We got a little giggly, then a little mellow, and after having a Big Mac I went to bed and comfortably right to sleep.

Why this is punishable by law, other than "because it is" is really beyond me.