Marijuana is a multi-billion dollar industry that could bring in the same amount of revenue alcohol taxes bring in.
Its the solution to our economic problems, but the hard liners will never support it.

Look at the Holland model, they have perfected it; You cannot smoke it in plain view, you cannot be intoxicated and drive, you must be 18 to buy it, and it is regulated by the government. To purchase it, they have coffee shops that sell it like you would be anything else.

People seem so worried about kids smoking marijuana, but what about drinking.
Look at underage drinking in this country, it is OUT of control, how many underage kids die every year in alcohol-related deaths?
5,000! FIVE THOUSAND KIDS DIE EVERY YEAR from underage drinking, including driving accidents, which account for 1900 of those deaths.