I agree with you on some specific points, but I mostly disagree.

I think a lot of people who are anti-marijuana, fear marijuana simply due to ignorance (well aint that the overstatement of the century). My point is, it's an ignorance so great, that those people wouldn't know what THC is if you asked them. Their understanding is that if you smoke this plant you get high and stupid and then your life is a failure. So I do agree that taking the "smoking" out of the equation, will significantly raise the chances of it becoming legalized.

But there is an over-the-line point too, which will be hard to travel near without fully crossing. I think THC in bars and coffee shops is a big unlikelihood. If it were to be legalized for consumption in this manner, I think the law would have to be so strict as to only allow it's consumption in an enclosed area, such as a coffee/hash bar situation, where licensing would be very stringent; all this to appease the generally fearful - of which there are a lot.

Furthermore, THC in chocolate bars? candies? spices? toppings? I think these would all be a mistake. Any product containing THC that would be readily available to the public would be abused by some percentage of the population. I don't know if it would be kids, or addicts, or whatever, but I guarantee that there could be a certain segment of the population that will inevitably abuse the product. This is inevitable if it's to be sold as a tangible product. Even if it's supposed to be sold only to adults, it would be inevitable that it would find it's way into the hands of kids, or something. Look at Cigarettes and Alcohol. (Edit: I said inevitable like 4 times just now, but it's inevitable, because I smoke the reefer too.)

Now, I'm not saying that it would be as bad an effect on children as either cigarettes or alcohol, I'm saying that, the anti-marijuana clubs would have a field day with this statistic, and use it to crush or significantly slow down the future of any further marijuana legalization. I think it would be too devastating to the cause.

I think something else will happen.

I think the beginning of it will be vaporizer bars. Places you can go to, to suck on some vaporized THC. You can't leave with it in your pockets, since you're only consuming the vapor. the supply and inventories could be tightly controlled. It would alleviate the general fears of the anti-marijuana croud (though I doubt any of them would dare walk by such an unholy place), and it would be safer than smoking the weed, so it would pass by the anti-smoking crew as well.

That's my 2c.
Primus Reviewed by Primus on . The path to legalization, not pretty but true... --- This is how I believe cannibis will eventually become legal ---- As long as the main way to experience pot is smoking, it won't be widely accepted. There's a negative stigma in most upper-income America with smoking anything. And they are the ones who ultimately interpret/make laws. Yes, we can march, sign petitions, and argue for reducing prison populations, but ultimately pot has an image problem with most Americans. And if there's one thing marketing/advertising companies do well, Rating: 5