Why not? look at Holland (Should cannabis be legalised?)

Member Name: GeneGenie

Product:	Should cannabis be legalised?
Date:	14/01/09 (19 review reads)
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Advantages: A regulated industry would be better for the economy

Disadvantages: P.C brigade with there misinformed and disputed medical advice

It just makes sense;
When people rant on about this issue i always think of Holland, they have been a guiding light for people to make there own decisions for a very long time, here are the facts in a country were smoking cannabis is not considered a deadly sin.
1) violent crime has gone DOWN steadily in the last ten years.
2) Because the industry is regulated and control the drug itself is a lot safer to the user.
3) Money made from a legalised society lets Holland create new and exciting programmes in the arts and other government funded projects.
These are just three valid points of the top of my head there are many more when you properly looked into it as I have, this 'gateway' nonsense as in cannabis leads to other drugs in my experience this is utter rubbish and it comes down to personal choice and the personality of the user.

Summary: The dam baby!