Decriminalizing marijuana

[The Gaffer]

I don't know if we can say that the harm debate has been won by anybody, since it is still far less harmful (to say nothing of addictiveness) than, say, tobacco, alcohol or maybe even cheeseburgers. Most of the serious evidence is in the area of people with a predisposition to mental health problems.

What's needed is a bit more science IN the harm debate, not for science itself to "win".

I think that would actually serve the legalisation lobby better in the long run, because the risks would be seen to be far lower than other, more addictive, legal drugs. No-one claims that everything that's harmful should be banned. To my mind, however, because they seem to disregard the evidence in a rather glib fashion it's hard to take their contribution seriously.