Writer's Block: 420 friendly?

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This is an interesting question. I had a professor in college (Ph.D., etc) that absolutely insisted that the only way to minimize the issues of overpopulation of 'criminals' in the Criminal Justice system was to legalize marijuana. She was adamant that many of the convicted criminals clogging the system were for minor possessions, and if we would just let marijuana be legal, the 'hype' of the drug would disappear. Thus, allowing for the real criminal to be pursued, caught, tried in court, and judged, etc etc.

I never had an opinion on the matter. I honestly have had no interest in marijuana, so I don't count myself as a legitimate person to ask. Or maybe because I'm so blasé about the whole thing, maybe my opinion matters most? Whatever. My professor had the idea that if marijuana wasn't sensationalized by the fact that it's illegal, and just made a drug you could get, then the excitement of the experience would wear off.

I see how that's a possibility, it makes sense in a way, I guess. The whole idea just makes me shrug.