Extreme measures for the economy include: legalizing marijuana?

At a time when the economy is in shambles, people are starting to save more and more. Lots of people are going to extremes to cope with the economy, but legalizing marijuana? Schwarzenegger is "back". ("I'll be back")He opens the floor for debate over the legalization of marijuana.

"Well, I think it's not time for (legalization), but I think it's time for a debate," Schwarzenegger said. "I think all of those ideas of creating extra revenues, I'm always for an open debate on it. And I think we ought to study very carefully what other countries are doing that have legalized marijuana and other drugs, what effect did it have on those countries?"

Any headline like that would throw someone. The governor of California considering pot taxed and legal is a little disturbing. I don't engage in those acts because I feel like its pointless, so any thought of making it "okay" for people to have at their leisure is weird. The article even says that "Even if California were to legalize marijuana, the state would hit a roadblock with the federal government, which prohibits its use."

President Obama supposedly doesn't think its a good idea. I feel like its a person's decision to do the things they do. As far as using marijuana, its going to go on whether the government likes it or not. People will cheat the system and that's a known fact. Its kind of odd that at the time of economic crisis, we run right back into the idea. Its supposed to raise "an estimated $1.34 billion annually in tax revenue." That all sounds like a good idea, but does it have to involve something that is prohibited by the federal government?

It was legal for marijuana to be used for medical purposes in 1996, but still to this day, I haven't heard of a person to use it for medical use except for in movies. Its supposed the curb the habit of smokers, but what's worse? Cigarette smoke or marijuana? Its not supposed to have the effects of alcohol, but I think that it makes a person die a slow death. Cigarettes are like cancer sticks, but I don't think that's an excuse for those who do smoke. SMOKING IS BAD! No matter in what shape or form, its bad.

I guess you could say that I'm a person who doesn't agree with anything smoke related. If you don't die from cancer sticks, it still involves a slow death and a downward spiral. I think they're just trying to make it seem okay for people to smoke. There should be no alternatives for smoking besides quitting. As for my rambling, I know people who have been on this downward spiral and evetually have died. Maybe California should find another way to increase their revenue.