As a regular smoker I fully support the legalization of marijuana. The whole gateway drug argument only applies to the weak minded people who decide to indulge in drugs that are truly dangerous and harmful, which marijuana is not. Pot being illegal is only putting innocent people behind bars and has created a violent drug market. It astonishes me that while alcoholics are beating their wives and killing people in their cars that smoking pot is looked down upon by society. There has never been a reported death linked to smoking, while hundreds of thousands are killed every year by controlled substances(alcohol/tobacco) that you've never heard the government complain about. The government's illegalization of something that is mainly used for responsible recreational purposes has created all of the bad connotations that people associate with pot. It's not the plant's fault, it shouldn't be illegal and it's wrong to put people in jail for it. The American public and the government need to pull their heads out of their asses and realize that smoking weed needs to be the least of society's worries right now, we have much bigger problems on our hands. Continuing to waste money incarcerating responsible smokers is ridiculous and unfair to those who use it.