How much longer must we try to legislate morality? It never worked with alcohol, and it will ultimately fail with marijuana. There are many users, and they should be allowed to use a drug that is much less dangerous than alcohol.

Other advantages: the state can collect taxes on legalized pot, and we can save the cost of drug prosecutions, including punishment of users for nonserious "crime." We can then use limited police availability for serious crimes -- theft, violence and murder.

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