Comment I sent:

I think legalizing marijuana is a great alternative to spending billions of dollars every year to do the opposite that's intended. Our court systems are clogged with non-violent marijuana offenders..Offenders who committed a crime in which no one but themselves is being affected. Marijuana is much less harmful than tobacco and alcohol..both of which are legal. Tobacco alone kills at least 450,000 people every year in America. Marijuana's considered dangerous and has a high potential for abuse. It has been on this earth for thousands of years, and it has managed to kill no one. But it's dangerous? I think if we were to legalize marijuana, it would be taxed and sold by stores. Money would then be generated to go to certain things for the states, and just as we have done with alcohol and tobacco, and limit it to only adults, rather than anyone..including children, no matter how old they are that has $10 and goes to the right side of town. Look, the laws against marijuana have not been effective in doing what they intended. Anyone in America who wishes to use marijuana is doing so, and more Americans than ever now smoke marijuana because it is easier than ever to get. We could be making money from the states selling marijuana just as they do alcohol and tobacco rather than spending billions to do nothing but further influence it.