I have smoked pot and I am a conservative. We need to treat drug additiction like a medical problem and save the jail space for violent criminals who could actually hurt the rest of us.
Legalize it!
So have I, I'm as Conservative as they come, but I don't think it should be legalized for a whole host of reasons.
It may indeed be a medical problem. I suggest those who use drugs seek out treatment before they get arrested.
I have no intention of paying for that treatment. Narcotics Anonymous (a spin-off of Alcoholics Anonymous) is an excellent free program.
(BTW, you'd be hard pressed to get anyone on this board who smokes marijuana to admit they're addicted, or even admit that marijuana is addicting. So your statement above seems to be ... irrelevant?)