I concur.
I do not use pot. I would not if it were legal. I generally do not associate with the marijuana culture or like those who do, but...
The argument to legalize it is simply stronger than to keep it criminal. The same laws that apply to alcohol should be used to regulate it - no driving, no smoking it in public, etc. I wonder if the reason the government doesn’t legalize it is that it will not make any money from it - people would simply grow and process it in their homes and yards and sell it to one another. The government could regulate it and tax the hell out of it like tobacco and alcohol, but it would be far easier to circumvent that with pot.
I don't use anything other than prescribed medicine now. If it were legalized I think I would consider it as an alternative to prescribed painkillers later on. My wife has cancer, and the warranty on my body seems to have expired so no telling what's coming up. Imagine the savings to taxpayers if we could simply “grow our own” pain meds.
Something tells me the pharmaceutical companies will object. ;)