I'm 100% for legalizing and regulating marijuana in the united states. I'm actually going to do my persuasive speech for my speech class about legalization. Especially in our current financial crisis. Legalization would create jobs, rid the prisons and jails of people only in prison for marijuana ( millions of dollars per day to keep them all in prison ) and the tax from the sale of the marijuana could be a very helpful source of income for america.

The sale would be regulated, and thereby eliminate the possibility of people buying "laced weed"

It should be treated like alchol, open container and all. Police should still ticket any people openly smoking it in public, and take or dispose of their stuff just like they would probably make somebody poor out their beer for drinking in public.

We're in the year 2009 and its time for our lawmakers to realize this. We are not a church state, and somebody should be able to smoke marijuana in their home if they want to.

If Michael Phelps were photographed drinking a beer, would there be public outcry? sponsors cancelling his contracts? don't think so...
It bothers me how it is always termed Drugs and Alcohol, as if alcohol is a seperate category when it is a drug itself.

Anyhow : http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7907483.stm

US to donate $900 million in gaza aid. Aren't we still giving israel money for being our friend? it doesn't make sense that we(america ) back israel, and then pay to repair the destruction from their attacks.... doesn't make any sense at all.