I see that Obama and his Attorney General are planning to stop federal programs that enforce and restrict pot smoking/usage. This really fits into a new American lifestyle. Allow the youth to legally "drug" themselves out of reality and not feel true feelings. Allow a gateway drug to be legalized so more can become even heavier drug users and more out of touch with reality. Adopt programs that will drive crime even higher.
I have nothing against the medical use of pot where it has been approved by a Doctor and will help a patient with pain. I had a niece who at the age of 28 developed a brain tumor and ultimately passed away. Pot was
one of the ways she was able to reduce pain and I believe that medical usage of this nature is justified.
But to generally legalize it or decrimialize it is outrages. Lets be conservative and guess that only 15-20% who use pot go on to heavier drugs, (e.g. it is generally accepted by the professionals that it is a gateway drug) that is an enormous number of heavy drug users and their demand for more increases as their systems become use to the level they are using..