In its current incarnation, the States' Rights to Medical Marijuana Act is cosponsored by 14 representatives and is residing in a House subcommittee. Many on the federal bench have also seen the light. District Judge Warren Eginton of Connecticut wants to see pot and cocaine legalized, while District Judge James C. Paine of Florida has condemned the war on drugs. Other leaders who question prohibition are listed below. We did not view marijuana as a significant health problem-as it was not. . . .
Nobody dies from marijuana.
Marijuana smoking, in fact, if one wants to be honest, is a source of pleasure and amusement to countless millions of people in America, and it continues to be that way. We should immediately stop arresting people whose only crime is possessing small amounts of drugs for their own use. . . . Marijuana should be treated the same as alcohol and cigarettes. I mean, just legalize it and we won't have any more problems. Probably in five years we wouldn't even have guerrillas.