Let's talk about pot.

It has been high (snicker) on many newspapers' priority lists in the raging debate over medicinal marijuana. It's a major social issue, and it doesn't seem to be going away any time soon.

I have a simple solution: legalize it.

Not just for medicinal use, either. Sell it in gas stations, offer it in grocery stores, sell it in quarter sacks or by the pack, whatever. Let the college kids, business executives, doctors, lawyers, politicians and everyone else who already smokes the stuff do so without the fear of jail time.

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