I don't think it should be legalized. If anything is to be changed, outlaw tobacco and watch health care costs drop.

It would be good to take the profits away from the Mexican Mafia et al but they would only switch to other crimes.

Opium supports the Taleban and Alquaeda. Coke supports the murderous cartels in SA.

Obama said it's immoral. Chavez ran the Simpsons off the air beccause it promoted pot.

Stepping up efforts to publicize its offensive against illegal drug trafficking in the region, the Cuban Government invited the media to fly to Holguín province, 457 miles east of Havana and smack in the middle of the most common drug routes, according to Lt. Col. Miguel Guilarte, the Cuban border guard's anti-drug czar. "This is the region of Cuba most affected by drug trafficking."

The marijuana burnt earlier in the day Tuesday had been dropped by the three-man Jamaican crew of "Nuff Respect," an eight-meter-long speed boat driven by two 200 HP Yamaha motors sighted on Nov. 8, 2004.

The crew, now in Cuban custody, carried no documents, according to border guard Chief Lt. Col. Juan Antonio Galindo, but gave their names as Robert Wallach, Malsom Cambell and Rudolph Allen Black.