text: should marajuana use be legalized in the united states?   well, obviously the people that have answered this are not thinking correctly and/or have never smoked marijuana in their lives.  i used to be an avid smoker and i still can't believe how naive people in this country are.  not one person that answered mentioned alcohol and the fact that it is responible for thousandsn and thousands of deaths in this country every year.  people who smoke pot are not even close to being crackheads and whoever said that is an idiot.  i would much rather stumble upon 10 people who are stoned while walking down the street thatn 10 people who are drunk.  the latter of the above statements usually results into some kind of fight or people pissing all over the place or destroying something.  if you are going to be that person who is against the use of marijuana but condones the use or uses alcohol, needs to take a closer look at themselves.  alcohol impairs your decision making a great deal, hence the amount of people who drive drunk.  when was the last time you heard of a peron who was stoned getting into a major accident and killing people?  i have yet to hear that story.  all legalizing pot would do is cut down on the amount of drug dealers that there are in this country.  if pot was legal, i would grow my own, and i'm sure that most people would.  stop listening to things that people made up in the 60's and start living in the present.  alcohol is bad and should be illegal.  did you ever think of that?