[Pritcher]

Legalize it and tax the hell out of it. Rather than the state spending a fortune processing and incarcerating people for what I consider a pretty petty crime, they could gain a massive increase in funds and create tons of jobs for people in the process.

People are going to get it either way, it isn't hard to find, so they may as well do it right and put some controls on it. If it was legal it would be subject to quality testing and people would at least not get something laced with anything more dangerous as can happen when you buy it illegally. And of course there would have to be a legal age limit imposed.

I don't smoke myself, but I used to. I still have many friends that do smoke though, and most of them are just good, honest, hard-working people that use it as a means to relax at the end of the day. Some people I know have been regular smokers for 30+ years and have led perfectly normal, responsible lives.

People have no problems getting off work and having a couple drinks, but from my experiences and observations alcohol is a far more destructive substance, yet that remains perfectly legal.