[quote]♦Weed makes people lazy and unproductive. ♦Drug cartels are still going to be doing illegal shit, no problem will be solved. ♦Marijuana contributes to psychosis and schizophrenia ♦1 in 6 users become addicted after a single use ♦DUI's (arrested for or not) are more common among weed users. Weed is a public health hazard. ♦I don't want my kids doing it ♦Cannabis candy and food is already being marketed by individuals aiming to start marijuana corporations to children. ♦Use will increase under legalization ♦Legalization adds a wholesome aspect to drugs and increases their sales while driving down negative opinions about them. It reduces IQ scores ♦For every $1 society gains in Tobacco and Alcohol taxes it looses $10 in social costs from accidents, incidents (such as a child needing to go into custody due to parental neglect, abuse, abandonment, etc) and health costs. The increased use of Marijuana is not going to give the economy a huge financial boost. Keep in mind that only .1 % of prisoners with no priors are in for weed before you try to challenge this. In Colorado teen use has increased astronomically, despite efforts THC level regulation in products is non existent, the expense of legalization already exceeds the money garnered by the State, and fatal car crashes involving weed have skyrocketed. No. This is a stupid idea. Stop it.[/quote] Jesus fück I never knew anyone could be so uneducated. "Weed is a public health hazard" seriously? The only argument you have for that is that you think it could cause someone to wreck. The NHTSA (you know the guys who actually decide what is and isn't safe for driving) did an extensive study and proved that driving while high on cannabis does not increase your likelihood for a wreck. Then there's the 1 in 6 users bullshit. We're talking about something that is non-addictive. It's not like nicotine, there's nothing to physically get addicted to. It reduces IQ scores in children who it's not even legal for them to use, not in adults. A massive amount of the prison population is in for nonviolent cannabis related offenses, I'd really like to see your sources on that .1% number. Colorado has so much tax money that they don't know what to do with it so they're giving it back. Literally everything you have said has been disproven.