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Again, you miss the point. The Army didn't legalize. But there was an experiment. It was not an authorized one. It was not a legal one, but it was a real one. The results were obvious for all to see.

Studies show one in six people who use pot become addicted. You have to assume no additional people will use pot if it's legal. It's incredibly naïve to believe that.

Legalizing pot will not end illegal pot either. The illegal market is alive and well in Colorado. That's clear already. What many pot heads will want next is free pot, not legal.

And you're ignoring the fact that many terrible consequences are manifesting themselves in Colorado from homeless pot head freeloaders showing up there to concerns about the new use by children.

http://www.9news.com/story/news/local/2014/10/10/should-colorado-repeal-legal-marijuana/17037649/

The Army didn't legalize. But there was an experiment. It was not an authorized one. It was not a legal one, but it was a real one. The results were obvious for all to see.

As I said, as a free society America has never imposed on itself the standards of its military.

Studies show one in six people who use pot become addicted. You have to assume no additional people will use pot if it's legal.

No I don't - addiction is a matter not just of chemistry but of patterns of use, which would change with legality.

Legalizing pot will not end illegal pot either. The illegal market is alive and well in Colorado.

There are illegal cigarettes where those are overtaxed - the answer is not to ban but to cut taxes.

And you're ignoring the fact that many terrible consequences are manifesting themselves in Colorado from homeless pot head freeloaders showing up there

They wold have been somewhere in any case, and it's not like Colorado had none previously - but certainly something for states to weigh in the balance.

to concerns about the new use by children.

No evidence at your link for new use by children.