[MarMema]

A total 12,408,899 people were arrested last year — with one marijuana-related arrest every 42 seconds, according to analysis of FBI statistics released last week. The No. 1 arrest charge in the U.S. was drug abuse violations. More than 81 percent of the 1,531,251 arrests stemmed from possession, while the remainder were for sales and manufacturing.

I don't want to pay for this.

The war on drugs has been a dismal failure by any measure.

People are smoking it now - better to have the money for it come to the state coffers than to drug cartels in Mexico where it funds violence.

And finally it's a stand up vote for states rights.

[DennisR]

“People are smoking it now - better to have the money for it come to the state coffers than to drug cartels in Mexico where it funds violence.”

Hm...so you want more pot at cheaper prices (possibly) and widespread availability so your kids and grandkids can be taught that - because pot is legal - it is okay to smoke? I agree with you on States’ rights - no problem. But to have a hallucinogenic substance widely availabe in a free society cannot produce anything good. There will be more impaired people on the road...just like alcohol. I would rather pay for an unending “war” than open the door and let the Trojan horse in the front gate.