just gonna wade through all the ragemad in the thread and say this
notice how cigarettes and alcohol both have age limits, and both generally do damage. if you're not an idiot, you'll realize that basically everything you put into your body can harm you in some sort of way, regardless of what it does. now both cigarettes and alcohol are legal, yes, but that doesn't mean they can't hurt you. i'm sure all you stoners know that, but do you realize why it would be a very bad idea to legalize it?
think for a second. why is it hard to get alcohol? cigarettes too? they are both not the best of things for you, but they are legal...
...and controlled. a lot. they put taxes and prices onto things such as alcoholic substances, as well as cigarettes. a pack of camels? $15-$20; a pack of bud water beer? anything in between $6-$10. also, both of them have pretty insane limits to who, what, where, when, and how you use them. if (and when) they do legalize everywhere, they are going to do the same thing to weed like they did to alcohol: limit it.
jesus, people, stop posting so i can put my paragraph here