While I usually don’t hop on the “legalize it” bandwagon very quickly, you make a pretty decent argument for the cause. It IS quite curious that the government seems to prefer booze and tobacco over weed, considering the grip they have on society and death toll associated with them. There’s no doubt that enormous revues would be generated from the taxation of marijuana, but you forgot to mention the decrease in crimes that are associated with the distribution of illegal substances. As a result of making it legal to possess it, all crime associated with its distribution would be no more. That’s a lot of crime! Imagine how many organization’s operations are dedicated to the movement of weed. These groups stop at nothing to see that their business thrives, and the characters involved frequently do not shy away from breaking the law to see that it does. Also (as I’m sure you’ve noticed), alcohol is a far more intoxicating substance. Sometimes I am amazed at its legality considering the alcohol related death figures. Having had extensive experience with both substances, I can say that there is no amount of marijuana that one can intake that could deprive one of their faculties on the level that alcohol does. I agree with you whole-heartedly in that the reason that alcohol is legal and marijuana is not is “traditions of me”. We have written record indicating that the consumption of alcohol has been socially acceptable since the establishment of written record and marijuana didn’t come into the public spotlight until the early 20th century. It still have a strange and unknown characteristic about it that the public hasn’t shaken yet. It would be very interesting to see what the fallout of legalizing cannabis would be.
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