Why is alcohol legal and marijuana not?

Melissa Swan is correct. Marijuana can also exacerbate other latent problems such as Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. There are other things it brings out that I probably don't even know about. Personally, I don't like the drug because it smells like a dog's ***. That's it. Sounds like a small annoyance, but if I have to walk through a restaurant in clouds of weed smoke and I come out smelling like skunk, ima be pissed! Sometimes I think the proponents of legalization just want to be thought of as iconoclasts, devil's advocates if you will. They don't really believe it is possible. And no, you're wrong about it benefiting the environment. Plants emit oxygen, but when they are burned, they create carcinogens and CO2. So, you're wrong about that. You say that if weed were legalized, we could make **** with hemp!! No dude, that $hit's already legal. Go to WalMart right now and pick up some hemp lotion or to a hippie store and buy a hemp shirt.