Your opinion plz: cannabis should be legalized in Canada?

Can you give your opinion on the above? Give pros AND cons plz, even if you are against please try to think of reason FOR.
Answer:
YEs...because BC bud is amazing!!!! so tasty! j/k. i just heard that's the best.

yes, cannabis should be legalized for a few good reasons:
1 - gov't control of it will regulate the market, thereby taking street drug dealers out of business for good. what will that do? well, right now, there's a consistent battle for dealing territory between dealers. this almost always results in voilence and more often than not, innocent people are caught in it.
2 - people in the cannabis trade will pay taxes on their consumption just like any other product, while right now, it's completely untaxed.
3 - it will help regulate what is being sold as cannabis. sometimes now, you can have something that is laced with dust or any other number of substances - very dangerous.
4 - illegal trafficing will be neutered....at least internally in canada.
5 - revenue savings!!!!!! do you know how much public $$$$ is spent on pot convictions in a year?

there's so many more, but i'm done now.

peace,
g

okay, CON:
1 - it will 'legitimize' marijuana usage for younger people, exactly like what happened with alcohol. it's an abusable substance - and many problems of that nature will happen. many beleive that if you make it legal, people who wouldn't normally think of using it WILL be very comfortable experimenting with it.

2- more along that line, it's often a 'stepping stone' for other drugs. because of its benign nature, younger people assume that if they can handle marijuana, they can handle other things that are much more harmful.

3- it is hard to find if someone is under the influence of Marijuana. (this is a BIG one) for alcohol, there's the breathylizer test. this is very effective in pointing out drivers who are udner the influence on the road. for marijuana, there's nothing, so the occurence of driving while intoxicated (with marijuana) will shoot through the roof.....and as we all know, response time while 'high' on pot is delayed incredibly. that makes driving 'high' terrribly dangerous.

okay...there's your cons. please don't let this one get to vote. pick a best answer!!!!

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Who is Canada? Sorry, I'm from Texas