Once we let anyone pass out grass for big reasons, it gets passed out for small reasons, and it ends up legal. That wouldn't mean the end of Western Civilization. It is, however hard to argue that what America needs is MORE drug usage. But legalizing pot is one step to legalizing everything, because one man's toke is another man's snort. Total legalization will give us two choices.
Private enterprise sells the dope.
Right now, the state and the trial lawyers are scarfing down billions from lawsuits against Big Tobacco. Even if a company was stupid enough to try, imagine the perils of marketing Tweaker's Choice Menthol Meth. As we've seen with cigarettes, a warning doesn't let a drug maker off the hook. Yes, Uncle Sam opens a crack store in the ghetto. You'd still have a prison population full of drug users, except they'd be locked up for thievery instead of possession.