I feel very strongly that marijuana should be legalised. It's safer than alcohol--you can't die from marijuana (you'd pass out asleep before you were able to smoke/ingest a fatal amount...disregarding the potential for cancer from smoking, because you could always ingest it instead), but you can sure die from alcohol poisoning. Marijuana has also been shown to be not physically addictive (it can be psychologically addictive, but so can basically anything). It has many medicinal benefits, too, e.g. for pain relief. The only downside to weed that I know of is the potential for paranoia and dissociation (these effects can linger after the "high" wears off), but to make them go away one would need to just stop smoking...which isn't that hard to do, generally. Sure, weed is not for everyone, but the same can be said for other legal substances like alcohol, nicotine, and even some herbal supplements. Plus, people are generally less reckless when high than when drunk--ever heard of a stoner driving fast/recklessly or getting into a physical fight? No, stoners just stay home, eat snacks, and play video games. Seems harmless enough--though being a total burnout isn't exactly great, either. But I'd rather hang around with a burnout than with a raging alcoholic.