If legal pot is such a swell idea, why has the governor of CO come out and said that it was a mistake in his state. Do we really want to see so many young people drugging themselves into a stupor? Weed is not harmless.
His beef is that it's tough to be the first to tackle the regulatory details, and to do so without federal guidance; he also said “we're making real progress” on working out those details, and “The studies we've seen of the people in Colorado [show] the people who were smoking before it was legal are still doing it, and people that weren't smoking it still aren't.” http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3249878/posts?page=74#74
Do we really want to see so many young people drugging themselves into a stupor?
Since well before any state had legalized pot, teens have reported that they could get it more easily than beer or cigarettes ... which is to be expected since legal sellers card and illegal sellers don't.
Weed is not harmless.
Neither are alcohol, tobacco, triple scoop sundaes, or rock climbing.