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Seuss said:
Long ago I tried to justify making marijuana legal.  I compared it to the harm caused by alcohol and tobacco, both of which are legal, as justification.  However, I realized that many other illegal drugs are also less harmful than alcohol and tobacco.  Then I decided that all "natural" drugs should be legal.  Of course, this led to the question of "what is natural?".  I decided that anything that grows and is not processed is natural, thus coca leaves would be legal, but cocaine would be illegal.  Cannabis would be legal, but hash oil would be illegal.  Beer and wine would be legal, but distilled alcohol would be illegal.  Hmmm... that doesn't work out so well.  Long story short, I finally realized that the problem isn't with drugs, their danger, being natural or processed, or anything of that nature, but instead, the problem is prohibition.  All drugs should be legalized and the war on all drugs should be ended.  All prisoners incarcerated for non-violent drug use, regardless of drug, should be pardoned.  Catering to just marijuana use is a start, but not enough.  End prohibition.

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