On The Legalization of Cannabis

[Aerowyn]

Legalizing cannabis would do a great deal of good for the country. Regulate it, package it, and tax it. Voila. TONS of revenue.

And the leftover hemp can make stronger, more durable rope, and you can make a more efficient paper product. You can make the same amount of paper with LESS hemp. It's eco-friendly and faster to grow and harvest for hemp/paper than trees.

People who want to smoke pot are already out there smoking it; it's not as if it's impossible to find. And as far as it goes as being a "drug," it's actually rather tame. Tamer than cigarettes, even. It's non-addictive (to clarify: PEOPLE get addicted to it because of a weakness in character, like people get addicted to gambling. The drug itself does not make one become physiologically dependent like harder drugs). Less people would be going to jail for drug trafficking/possession, which means we as taxpayers wouldn't have to be as burdened with it.

All things considered, if cigarettes are legal (and much more harmful to your health), pot should be too.

Of course, I don't smoke pot, and never intend to. But it's stupid for the government to make such a big deal out of it.