The government can control it, tax it and provide assistance for those finding themselves addicted to it.
The government can regulate all medical alcohol houses and collect millions in taxes.
I just think it's absolutely hypocritical to continue to keep such a benign drug such as alcohol illegal.
After all, alcohol has only been responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths nationwide over the last decade.
Geez, let's put all this into perspective can we.
Seriously, if one analyzes the data on illness and deaths attributed to marijuana as opposed to alcohol, seems to me the wrong drug is outlawed.
I don't necessarily think the prohibition on pot should be lifted, however to keep alcohol legal and plentiful after being presented with hard “facts” is just plain damn dumb and hypocritical.
All of these recent drug killings in Mexico will inevitably spill over into the US. It is going to be just like Chicago during Prohibition, only even worse. Therefore, I have come to the conclusion that we must reconsider the War on Drugs, in a manner that diffuses the threat from the Mexican drug cartels, just as lifting Prohibition weakened the Mob.