Jway, Hopton: The law should be obeyed. But the law should also be changed. Arresting illegal producers and sellers of marijuana is as essential to the safety of our society as arresting illegal producers and sellers of alcohol. It is something that should never cease. However, permanently banning the personal use of marijuana by adults simply criminalizes a huge section of our population for doing nothing more than choosing a safer recreational drug than alcohol. And refusing to allow the legal production and sale of marijuana by licensed businesses only guarantees that our country's enormous demand for marijuana will be met through illegal means. The *only* way to rid ourselves of illegal suppliers is by eliminating the demand for illegal marijuana. And there are only two options available to achieve that: either eradicate all users of marijuana, or license reputable companies to legally produce and sell marijuana. What sort of world do we want for our children? One where drug dealers sell pot in our schools and foreign drug cartels have established themselves in our communities? Or one where the dealers and cartels have been forced out of the market by lower-priced legal marijuana and the continued enforcement activity against illegal weed?

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