Pot Smokers usually can’t get off the couch and out of the frig or out from in front of the TV to commit crime.
This is something my LEO brother in law mentioned. I don't want the harder drugs legalized, but what if it were legal to grow their own and use it? Ha! Sounds like Prohibition, doesn't it? You can have it as long as you didn't buy it.
You've seen too many Cheech and Chong movies. I know MANY pot smokers that are self-employed and very hard-working people. They unwind during the rare times they are not at work by smoking a joint. Like anything else, the people you hear about are the ones screwing up - you never hear about the MILLIONS of ordinary people that don't have a problem with it.
I think pot is far healthier than a lot of these anti-depressants that people take, for a lot of people it's healthier to them than taking to alcohol. It's a freakin' herb that one can grow easily in their own backyard - bypassing the pharmaceutical companies and tax-grabbing governments - THAT'S WHY IT'S STILL ILLEGAL.