The Economist has been all over this for many years. A few months ago they had another issue devoted to the subject. Try this search for marijuana from their si

The Economist has been all over this for many years. A few months ago they had another issue devoted to the subject. Try this search for marijuana from their site: http://www.economist.com/search/search.cfm?google_rv=2&cx=001087441947416295956%3Al-gk8r9zm4i&cof=FORID%3A9&qr=marijuana&area=1&keywords=1&frommonth=01&fromyear=1997&tomonth=07&toyear=2009&rv=2 http://www.economist.com/search/search.cfm?google_rv=2&c... There are many articles to wade through covering everything from addiction to crime to the economics of legalization. In all they are pro legalization, as am I. So what if addiction needles up? On balance, the pros outweighs the cons imho. We already have an issue in this country with addiction to controlled substances, why not add marijuana to the list and deal with it within the same framework as we do other addictions?