Originally Posted by toretorden

Hmm, are you sure? I thought destillation and selling of homemade liquor (moonshine) was illegal in America. Anyways, alcohol and tobacco products are generally much more refined products than cannabis. Smoking and drying a tobacco leaf does not make for a good cigarette and leaving yeast and sugar to ferment in a barrel does not give you a good beer. I've never had a homebrew that could actually compete in a market with the stuff you get in the stores, yet for cannabis, it's much simpler and much more feasible. Thus, I would argue that tobacco/alcohol/cannabis comparisons are not a good source for predictions on how society will be impacted by legalization.

Sorry for being a bit nitpicky about that detail. I do agree with almost everything else you write except I obviously still don't think it should be legalized. I will agree that legalization has benefits, I just don't think it would be beneficial overall.