Soldato
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Do you know how much money is spent dealing with illegal mary jane farms and the criminals involved? Legalise it and you'd not only boost the economy via tax but you'd ruin a very healthy source of income for criminals. I can't stand the stuff but I don't feel it should be criminal given it's far less dangerous than alcohol and even has medical benefits in some situations.
The problem with full legalisation is that you will get more people smoking it, more people driving stoned etc. I agree though the money needs to be taken away from criminals, so leave it classified as illegal, whilst making free treatment available for any addicts, which might in some cases mean controlled free supply until they can get off it. At the end of the day, any smoking is harmful, and it should not be further encouraged by weed legalisation.