re: Canada announces plans to legalize weed nationwide

I've had this conversation with many friends and even my wife. I personally am against it and they were for it. After in depth open minded conversation on both sides we all agreed it was better left alone as an illegal substance.
The major factor concluded was that as a whole on society, it was negative. Now as you can imagine, this conversation went on for some time and to convey the logic on both sides would take more that I'm willing to write. In comparison, we all also agreed that liquor was negative on society. I'm an avid drinker and can rationalize much more on that side and would even go as far as to say it should have never been legalized after prohibition. I think our country and families throughout would be in better places. Just a thought, each to their own at the end of the day.