I really don't see why people care about marijuana so much. This is such a small change for such a small amount of the drug, and besides, you really shouldn't be doing it to begin with. I'm being dead serious when I say it does pose potential health risks, and people who outright deny this without any facts or sources to back up their claims are just outright ignorant.
Ranting aside, I'm sure a note-worthy bit of the population will find this news pretty exciting.
Well obviously it has bad side effects. Smoking anything will do that. And yes, it has a higher tar content than tobacco (4x as much) but this is balanced out by the rate of use. Nicotine cigarettes are addictive, a smoker would probably end up smoking more than 4x more than your average marijuana user.
The rationale is that since it has lesser side effects than alcohol and tobacco there's no reason for it to remain illegal and I'm inclined to agree
At the very least it should be decriminalized. What is rehabilitating about sending someone to jail for ingesting something that doesn't pose a risk to others? It's a huge cost to taxpayers to hold marijuana users in jail for so long. It'd also be great for the government to tax it and drum up some cash, and it would financially destroy several cartels that rely on marijuana sales to keep their trade profitable