lordjedi said:
skyjedi2005 said:

There are those that smoke a single joint and chill and have fun with their friends on weekends and who work and contribute to society and those who smoke 24/7 and only take away.

Of course Americans do nothing in moderation so legalizing it would probably make it too hard to control people who do it to extreme.

We are always worried of keeping up with Japan and other nations, giving our citizens another excuse to get drunk, high or lazy might be bad.

Actually, if you legalized it, you could then tax it. Look at the price of cigarettes. The cost has more than doubled in the last 10 years as they keep adding taxes to them. If pot were legalized, they'd just start taxing it to death. Then at least all the pot heads would have to pay taxes on their habit.

They could always grow it at home or have a dealer.

Remember part of freedom is being responsible.