What should we do with marijuana

What should we do about marijuana?
This proposal argues that at least fifty billion dollars a year of taxpayer's money is spent on a never ending war that we are losing. The war I am referring to is the war on drugs. The war on drugs is mainly directed at marijuana a less dangerous drug than common legal drugs such as alcohol and tobacco. Not only is marijuana a less dangerous drug than alcohol and tobacco but also has many medical uses. I propose we stop wasting billions of taxpayer dollars on its futile attempt to stamp out pot-puffing, an effort that is following the doomed trajectory of Prohibition's attempt to erase alcohol. Why should we throw thousands of Americans in jail for using a substance that is less hurtful than legal substances? Think of all the beds in all the prisons that are filled with non-violent marijuana offenders, we could use that space to lock up real criminals. Marijuana, when we first hear this word we think of it being illegal and the drug prohibition...