"Big Pharma corps. The huge pharmaceutical companies would drive the prices through the roof, bongs and other paraphernalia would be more expensive than $150.00 bed pans. The thugs would continue to peddle their street dope just as their doing now at lower prices than the drug companies. The drug corporations would complain to the fat cat politicians (who they bribed) that their patented products were being counterfeited by the dealers. The politicians would put pressure on the cops and the cops would be sent out there arresting the same people.

Then prohibition would eventually be repealed; the fat cat CEO's and CFO's would pay themselves 30 million dollar bonuses, raping the companies of their profits, and then fold leaving their employees with no job or retirement.

I'm pretty sure the answer is not trying to take the money away from the street thugs and put it in the hands of the CEO thugs of coporate America. But that's just my opinion.

MONEY!
How about disqualifying you in the job market so you can depend on big brother to provide for you.

"there are more posotive side effects than negative."

Really? Name one positive effect besides feeling high. I'm also curious if you have any concept of what the negatives effects are - my money is on No.

Over a million people each year are arrested for simple possession (less than an ounce). These are mothers, brothers, sisters, fathers.
They have jobs like lawyers, students, teachers, doctors. Lets do the math not even in dollars just man hours your inital encounter with cops takes at least 1 1/2 hrs there have to be at least two cops per person. It takes a crew of 4 to 6 correctional officers to process you. How many man hours per year does that equal? All wasted. So one possitive to legalizing marjuana is the amount of dollars the various law enforcement agencies around the country will save.

"I shacked up with a man before I was married. His name was Jesus." -Scrubs

Chemo patients have to suffer through many side effects for the sake of survival. One major one is loss of appetite. This first was addressed by many other chemically induced processes, then dr's tried weed. The natural side effect of weed after a given time the subject experiences a growth of appetite this enables the patient to eat and regain nutrients which rebuilds vital processes and makes recovery easier which in the event of relapse makes survivin a second round of chemo more likely marijuana.

"I shacked up with a man before I was married. His name was Jesus." -Scrubs

After reading the things that I wrote most would assume that I am a huge pot head. Actually I hate pot. It tastes like shit and leaves me with a mind spliting headache. However, I beleive strongly in the right to choose. Excluding the hardcore drugs. (Cocaine, heroine, meth, etc.) And I hate having a bunch of self righteous bible thumpers telling me what to do. Because that is what this is really about. Your church says it wrong, so you are trying to stuff your religous crap down my throat.

"I shacked up with a man before I was married. His name was Jesus." -Scrubs

Pain Relief. Name one negative effect.

"I shacked up with a man before I was married. His name was Jesus." -Scrubs

If you were to legalize or even decriminalize drugs in this country you would see the next 100+ billion dollar industry (the prison system and all associated with it) need the next "bail out"
Like it or not folks more people are locked up in the US than anywhere.
It's BIG business!
There are a million plus laws in this country.

Take the blue pill and unplug from the Matrix!

What would happen if we executed every illegal immigrant peddaling drugs in the U.S.? Don't bother wasting money sending them back to their own countries, execute them, don't waste a dime on them.

What would happen if we just let the general population in all prisons "thin the herd" for us? We get a lower tax bill and possibly lower crime rates. The threat of going to prison would actually be a deterant.

What would happen if we all OBEYED THE FREAKIN LAW?

Amsterdam loves drugs and drug addicts, you might want to become a citizen there.

You remember that when you arrive at the FEMA prison camp one day and you're wondering to yourself.... "am I on the red list or the blue list"!

I'm not advocating making Meth legal, but some things that are now illegal, and quite natural by the way, should be legal. That's my opinion and I'm sticking to it.