Pat’s been nuts on some things, but on this, I agree. Same with prostitution and some other things. Lets focus on crimes that are actually serious, like gang warfare in the streets, ax murders, etc, that get pushed to the side while cops confiscate cars because some dude was smoking pot in the car. And, yes, this actually happens.
There's no way it should be legalized. Kids who take it are hurting their future.
I don’t buy it. I taught in an inner-city public school for a number of years and the kids who smoked pot were a disaster in class. They just sat there and smiled and had no clue what was going on.
The less we criminalize it, the more acceptable it becomes and the more adults think it is OK, the more kids think it is OK.
A lot of our kids are screwed up enough as it is without adding more pot to the mix. And with our wonderful pot-smokin’ coke snortin’ zero president comin’ out an tellin’ us about usin’ it, more kids think it is OK. “See, he used drugs an he became president! So why shouldn’t I use it?”