>The bottom line is that the general public is against it

I think you're advocating tyranny of the masses here, which during the making of our country was identified as a great evil.

The bottom line has to do with quality of life in this country. I respect your opinion that the quality of life is worsened by drug users. Again, on many levels I agree. But for marijuana?

You said your opinion was shaped by your time in law enforcement. For every pot head you saw in the line of duty, there were thousands more sitting in bean bags somewhere talking about music, who would go to sleep, have some groovy dreams, and get up the next morning to lead productive lives that never cross paths with the law.

Here's something I'm curious about: let's say that its 1776 and we were writing the laws from scratch. Half of your team wanted booze legal, the other half wanted weed legal, but they all agreed that both shouldn't be legal, and both shouldn't be illegal.

You have to pick one.

Which one and why?