I am in favor.
I think pot is definitely better than alcoholism.
I think you should stay home and enjoy it , don't drive and just chill.
Don't go to work stoned, don't pollute your neighbors air space and don't smoke infront of children.
Think you should be at least 18 to smoke it as young minds are still developing
"Drug Decriminalization in Portugal:
Lessons for Creating Fair and Successful Drug Policies
By Glenn Greenwald
April 2, 2009
Drug Decriminalization in Portugal
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On July 1, 2001, a nationwide law in Portugal took effect that decriminalized all drugs, including cocaine and heroin. Under the new legal framework, all drugs were “decriminalized,” not “legalized.” Thus, drug possession for personal use and drug usage itself are still legally prohibited, but violations of those prohibitions are deemed to be exclusively administrative violations and are removed completely from the criminal realm."...
"Despite dire predictions by anti-marijuana activists, overall crime rates in the city of Denver are down more than five months after legal marijuana sales began in the Rocky Mountain state. According to the Denver Department of Public Safety, rates of violent crime are down, as well as burglaries, leading to an overall decrease in crime of 10.6 percent.
The city measured the number of reported crimes from January 1st to April 30th of 2014 and compared them to the same period last year, prior to the legalization of medical and recreational marijuana use.
The number of murders, sexual assaults, violent robberies and other assaults fell by 5.6 percent. The most dramatic decrease was in the number of homicides. In 2013, from January to the end of April, the city lost 17 people to murder. In the same period in 2014, only 8 died, a drop of more than 50 percent.
Rates of arson and petty larceny each rose, but all other forms of crime were down."...
