alcohol and tobacco are vices as well. my smoking a joint in my apartment is no more harmfull that you drinking some borbon at yours. if we decided to go driving around afterwards, both of us deserve to go to jail. there are irresponsible drinkers and irresponsible pot smokers. just because you know someone who smokes pot everyday who's a idiot, doesn't mean everyone that does is one. the line can be clearly drawn. it has been in some places. in denver, if you're 21 and possess up to an ounce of weed, its a ticket. same with california. if you do something stupid enough, you're going to go to jail. i know, i've been there and i probably deserved it. but, it wasn't the pot that made me do something stupid. it was me deciding to do something stupid. cigarsarge is right about the type of people that smoke pot and hang out in empty apartments and such. but, not everyone that smokes pot fits into that. i've grown up a lot since i was getting in trouble with the law. but, i honestly think i would've been doing the same stupid crap if i hadn't been high. because i was an reckless kid. i grew up. i still smoke pot. you could argue that i'm still being reckless because i'm doing something i know is illegal. but so is purchasing cuban cigars. not that buying cigars is reckless IMO.