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JD from Pennsylvania says:
It's time to decriminalize and legalize marijuana. Turn it into a commodity, regulate it, tax it and let's begin to start paying off our national debt with the new revenue instead of increasing our debt by fighting a losing battle.

Dan from Florida says:
I am shocked at the amount of people affiliated with this Federally illegal drug! Why is the DEA not really putting up a stand? I'm hoping for our young people, of whom may glamorize this drug,that they too will not be subjected to the harm that marijuana causes mentally and physically. How can some of the residents of this community think that marijuana is harmless?

Renee from Washington says:
It's a thriving buisiness that is not going to go away, no matter how many people are jailed for growing/distributing/using it. Why not use it as a source of revenue to help the United States? Alcohol was illegal in this country for a number of years, and look at what a booming business that is. People buy alcohol in good times and bad.

Barb from Missouri says:
I pray that this is never legalized. It would cause even more problems than we have already. To leagalize this would be like legalizing a narcotic drug. We already have enough problems with people abusing all kinds of drugs.

Ed from Texas says:
I believe that the medicinal and recreational use of marijuana should be legalized for RESPONSIBLE and ADULT use only. If the United States were to legalize it and create a regulated, taxed market for marijuana with controls similar to those already in place for alcohol, not only would we create a multi-billion dollar income, but we would simultaneously eliminate the need for black market trading and smuggling and save the lives of those killed in drug bust operations and shady deals.

John from Arizona says:
I think it is a great time to consider legislative changes throughout the country to, at a minimum, decriminalize small amounts of marijuana use/cultivation. This seems to be heading down a similar path as the Prohibition of Alcohol early in the 20th century, and I feel very strongly that the result will be the same. Might as well escort in a new era, beginning with a new president.

Sarah from Alabama says:
It is outright insanity, that we are having to beg for people to have this right, considering alcohol and cigarettes are legal for people to use recreationally at their own risk. How long will the Drug War go on, I and others ask; the pharmaceutical companies are hoping it is a long time.

Mark from North Carolina says:
I think that our current Marijuana laws are out of touch with the actual dangers of the "drug". As the current laws stand the very worst thing about Marijuana is that it is illegal. Depending on where a person lives, they could use Marijuana for decades, and the deleterious effects on their health would be a far less concern than any prison time they may receive. This is especially true in states like Nevada where the penalties are very strict. I am not opposed to states having their own laws with their own penalties. What I am against however is that the federal government uses its resources to pursue marijuana.  

Kent from Texas says:
Marijuana is a far less menacing (if at all) substance than alcohol and tobacco. The illegal status of the plant and the resources wasted on enforcing marijuana laws should trouble any thinking person.

Angela from Lousiana says:
I actually prefer legalization of marijuana. That way the government gets to tax it and it stimulates the economy from both ends. People could open businesses and generate revenue. The federal government is forcing the citizens they were hired to protect into becoming criminals.

Jason from West Virginia says:
What is obvious after watching your special, Marijuana Inc., is that the current laws are not working. Marijuana should be treated like tobacco and alcohol. Legalization would allow greater regulation, and the government would gain millions of dollars in tax revenue.

John from Indiana says:
Considering the poll results its obvious that the time has come for an open dialogue regarding prohibition and some possible alternatives. We have a drug problem and we have violence in the streets. End the violence and we are left with just the problem. A much easier nut to crack.

Nick from Oregon says:
Maintaining a culture of prohibition strengthens the black market and cartels while denying patients safe access to effective medicine and preventing the government from legally regulating and taxing. Prohibition did not work 75 years ago and does not work today. Decriminalize and legalize.

James from Florida says:
Although there is a very moral argument supporting decriminalization, in these dire economic times let's just look at the numbers. Expenses in the hundreds of millions of dollars for enforcement, jails, courts and prisons all these years have had little effect. Those funds can be better utilized in other well deserving positive entities.  

James from Wisconsin says:
I favor more than the decriminalization. I favor legalization. We can no longer allow big pharma to control what WE choose to to help make our lives better. How much louder can the message be than that sent to our new President. Let US make our own choices.

A. from New York says:
I will be the first to admit to marijuana's destructive potential; however it is no more risky than alcohol or tobacco, in the sense that the user is to blame for the substance's abuse. With proper standards such as a legal age to buy, federal taxes on merchandise, and proper public education, marijuana would prove to be no more damaging than any other legalized toxin and a potential boon for government finances as well as agriculturalists, and those in the medical, textile, and legal industries willing to adapt their energies towards progressing our use of the substance rather than let conservative fears keep them from recognizing the plant for what it is.

John from Indiana says:
Marijuana use should be a choice not a crime. if done correctly regulated marijuana could provide more than a million jobs, free up millions of law enforcement man hours, provide for wall street investment and urban renewal, and maybe help us turn the corner on the drug problem. eventually industrial hemp would come online and it would employ more than the the medical/recreational end of the market.

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