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Why marijuana should be legal for adults

David L. Nathan, clinical associate professor at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
CNN (US)
Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Forget the antiquated dogma and judge pot prohibition on its own merits. If you still believe that cannabis should be illegal, then you must logically support the criminalization of alcohol and tobacco, with vigorous prosecution and even imprisonment of producers and consumers. Does that sound ridiculous? Then you must conclude that the only rational approach to cannabis is to legalize, regulate and tax it.

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