Crazy when even media outlets as large CNN are saying this. America jails more of it's citizens that any other nation on the globe and a large majority of them are over drug related charges. Look at statistics from Portugal, and other European nations that have decriminalized. The results are shocking; we need rehabilitation not incarceration for people with serious drug habits. And I'm sorry if you disagree, but I think those marijuana users out there should be completely overlooked the same as alcohol or tobacco users.
Throughout my career as a clinical psychiatrist, I have seen lives ruined by drugs like cocaine, painkillers and alcohol. I have also borne witness to the devastation brought upon cannabis users -- almost never by abuse of the drug, but by a justice system that chooses a sledgehammer to kill a weed.
Alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, caffeine and refined sugar are among the most commonly used, potentially habit-forming recreational substances. All are best left out of our daily diets. Only marijuana is illegal, though alcohol and tobacco are clearly more harmful. In several respects, even sugar poses more of a threat (PDF report) to our nation's health than pot.
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