[TheRealVille]

Do u think any of this will change if it gets legalized? Other than the government making money off of it?

Absolutely, yes. Kids won't be able to get it as easy, most dealers will be run out of business, and I personally think that a lot of the other drugs that get out of your system quicker, that are a lot stronger, will lose a lot of peoples' interest. You can smoke weed and the effect will last a couple of hours, yet the evidence, as the body metabolizes it, will be in your urine and hair for a month, or more. You can do cocaine, and it will leave no evidence in about 72-96 hours. If a worker that wants to indulge over a long weekend, which do you think they will pick? Right, the drug that leaves no evidence after a short time, yet is far more dangerous than weed. Plus, the main peddlers of the harder drugs, will mostly not have a business anymore. I know when buying weed off of a dealer, they say "hey, if you like weed, you'll love cocaine". It's much stronger, and can kill. That shuts down that aspect of their business. As for dealers, look at how bootleggers fair after alcohol goes legal. During prohibition, crime and bootlegging soared. It is even given credit for starting the great crime spree and gangs of the 20-30's. If their is no need for dealers, they will eventually, mostly, die out, just like the bootleggers did. It is a known fact that prohibition didn't work, and prohibition of weed is no different. 50 million people prove that. Why not legalize it, regulate it, tax it, and the biggest thing, make it harder for under 21's to get it. It's like anything else, a few people will slip under the door, in all categories above, but it will be a lot better than it is now. I'm telling you, if you really want to know the truth about weed, and dispel a lot of the rumors, watch the movie I posted, it will tell you tons about weed, and how the government did a lot of covering up, and wrangling when they were making it illegal. It's posted in this thread. If anybody wants the real truth about weed, it's a must see.