“Except when it leads to psychosis, reckless driving and associated injuries, criminal activities such as burglary, assault, and menacing”
Whereas drunks are model citizens? Guess we should bamn that mind-altering drug too.
Not sure what it means to bamn something, but hundreds of millions of Americans are capable of using alcohol in moderation, and always have been. Alcohol doesn't induce psychosis.
Look at the results in both murders and assaults in Washington, Oregon, Alaska, and Colorado in the years following legalization. A sharp increase in both crimes. Look at vehicle accident rates, another sky rocketing rate, and in neighboring counties as well.
Again, the motivation for continuing prohibition of marijuana isn't driven by the wish to save users from themselves, it's to protect the innocent from the psychosis suffering dope smokers.