Who will say, “I just want to smoke it”?

[not an iSheeple]

10. I agree with most of what he said. It's hypocritical to designate one substance as fine

and the other off-limits. However, it makes me furious when there is the inevitable argument about the addictive aspect of pot. While I personally experience what the author says (that nicotine seems physically addictive and not pot), I know that it's not that cut and dried. I know someone who gets ill when she cannot light up. She has been smoking the stuff since age 14 and is in her late 40s. It hasn't done her any favors in life.

THC lodges into fat cells and stays there far longer than detoxing from alchohol, cigs, caffeine and yes, even heroin. The reason for dramatic detox is because it leaves the system so quickly that it throws the body into disarray. The fact that pot is not like that does not make it benign. There are people who 'wake and bake' every day. There are people who raise kids and drive whilst stoned. It's still addictive in its own way and should never be taken lightly or compared to other drugs.

But we do need to stop with the criminalization of all substances. I wouldn't sell them at 7/11, though. Have industrial areas (where strip clubs and peep shows are common) be where they sell all this crap (including alchohol!).