Those effects are FAR FAR less than alcohol or tobacco. Alcohol causes some 40k/yr deaths (US) from liver alone, plus some 10-20k road impairment deaths, while

Those effects are FAR FAR less than alcohol or tobacco. Alcohol causes some 40k/yr deaths (US) from liver alone, plus some 10-20k road impairment deaths, while lung cancer around 140k/yr. Yet even states with MMJ treat it as some terrible danger where you need guarded stores, special certification, and mountains of laws, while any schmuck can buy the actual dangerous stuff with only an age check. The substance is not the threat; the legislatures are.