Free the herb this 4/20!

It's time for society to ask what are we accomplishing by keeping marijuana illegal? We lock up productive otherwise law abiding citizens by the hundreds of millions, most for simple possession, deny tens or even hundreds of billions in tax revenue, spend billions on maintaining the war on marijuana, allow a black market to run wild that with no legal means to settle disputes must turn to violence to expand or defend turf, and thousands a year are being murdered in Mexico in drug war violence.

 You would think with sacrifices like these there must be some benefit to marijuana being illegal, but I challenge you to specifically prove what that is. Kids can get pot easier than cigarettes, and more US citizens smoke now then ever. 

Plain and simple Prohibition is a failed policy. It was with alcohol and it is now. It's not a matter of if marijuana will be legal again, it's just a matter of how long it will take for those it Washington to admit they were wrong.