Opinions don't matter, unless they're backed up with facts. I haven't seen facts being bantered around in this string. Marijuana is much less dangerous than alcohol, both are a drug, but we never discuss alcohol as a drug, because it's socially accepted.
Which Is More Dangerous: Alcohol or Drugs? | Psychology Today
Marijuana is federally illegal, because it's not based on facts or science, but because the first commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, Harry Anslinger, needed more to justify his job. Prior to 1937 marijuana was legal in the US.
The man behind the marijuana ban for all the wrong reasons - CBS News
Marijuana research: Aside from the $10 million a day we give to Israel, the NIH has been subsidizing marijuana research in Israel for over 50 years. Today, thanks to our tax dollars, Israeli citizens have the best medical marijuana system in the world, while our government lies to us about the lack of marijuana research. Israel has also decriminalized marijuana.
The Outsourcing of American Marijuana Research
Maybe facts will help people decide.