I have no interest in the stuff, but I think legalizing will have some societal benefits. First off, anyone who wants it is already getting it, so I don't expect an 'epidemic' to result. I think the taxes it can generate will be fantastic and significant. It will be a bit of a double-benefit as well because for all the new taxes and legal pot small-to-large businesses it will foster, the same dollar amounts will be removed from the pockets of organized crime.
I do wish that the people who use it would smoke it walking down the alley instead of subjecting their neighbors to its stench though (I have had such ignorant neighbors). I also thing the users should stop deluding themselves into thinking that its OK to drive stoned, I see and smell a lot of that from other drivers at least weekly.
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