I have to say that I like all the points posted in this thread but I don't like that some think that marijuana is "addictive", it could become a mental addiction though. Where the abuser may think he/she needs marijuana to function.

I'm nineteen years old going on twenty and I haven't smoked pot ever until three days ago. I also don't feel like I'm addicted to it, so I think that's a myth. I only smoked marijuana out of curiousity and not because of influence.

Now that I tried it and I can't say I didn't like the experience but I ain't going to smoke it ever again because of course like someone mentioned, smoke is bad for your lungs no matter what kind of smoke it is, and the stuff also messes with your sperm count after frequent use (and I respect my balls enough not to become a pot head)

I have family and great friends that smoke pot and they're not jonsing.

I think marijuana should be left alone, meaning I think it should be ignored and that making it legal shouldn't even be a matter, nobody is making a freaking cartel out if like crack and heroin. Those are the real drugs that the law enforcers need to focus more on.