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I am from the hippie days (1960s) when our parents didn't have a clue about marijuana. Things have sure changed. I am hoping for progress in the acceptance of marijuana. With proper regulation and taxation it could be very much a win-win situation.

The medical benefits are really legitimate. It really does more GOOD than any harm. Used responsibly, it is harmful. No one has died from smoking marijuana. We can't say that about alcohol or tobacco, now can we?

Basically, same story....I'm 55 yrs old & have been tokin weed for the past 40 yrs. Luckily, my folks were very lenient towards weed-smoking. They grew-up during Prohibition & would tell me about the 'Speakeasys' they'd frequent to drink some booze. They'd hang at this 1 place that was a bookstore in the front & just like you've seen in the movies, there was a door in the back. Knock on the door...then mention who you knew & then you'd be allowed entry.
Everyone drank out of coffee cups [so nobody could actually see what you were drinking]...pretty much as a 'formality', as the pigs were paid-off to look the other way. Now what did Prohibition accomplish? The start of the Mafioso in the USA, as they knew running booze was a goldmine.
I don't understand why the govt hasn't seen the same thing with weed prohibition. So many different things would be resolved with across-the-board Legalization of weed...it's unreal how much $$$ the govt would/could generate with Legalization, but this isn't the forum for my soap-box preachings.