Why legalize another drug?
Personally I don't think it should be legalized. I agree it's a gateway drug, but in the same way as alcohol, cigarretes, painkillers, and over the counter stuff can be. I know smokers and some of them use the argument that in moderation it's not bad for you, but imo the long term health affects of mj are not well understood enough to support that argument. For alcohol the benefits of moderation are better understood but the problem in general with moderation is that a lot of knuckleheads don't understand where the line should be drawn. So weed basically turns into another avenue for self destruction.
The only way I see it being legalized is when it could be taxed/regulated similar to alcohol and tobacco, and this will never happen because the alcohol and tobacco companies and their lobbyist would never allow a new "social" drug to take a cut out of their pie.
