Made the edit before I saw your reply, apologies.. Maybe you're right, maybe its legal status is the only thing about pot that really matters, but it's such a

Made the edit before I saw your reply, apologies.. Maybe you're right, maybe its legal status is the only thing about pot that really matters, but it's such a multidimensional issue I hate seeing the conversation home in on legalization/decriminalization every time. A change in legal status will not solve all its problems (else why does alcohol have problems?), and we have just read an essay which spends very few words even talking about legal status, which I think supports my point that there are so many other important angles to talk about.