convince me that marijuana should be legal.

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Screamapillar said:

1) Government prohibitions don't work. They never, ever have. It just encourages black markets, which lead to crime.

2) Alcohol kills people, not marijuana. So why is alcohol legal?

3) If it's the government's role to stop us from doing stupid things, why are McDonald's and Taco Bell allowed to sell us fatty foods that cause us to be an obese society?  Obesity is much more harmful than marijuana.

4) If we need more tax revenue (which we do), why not legalize marijuana, and tax and regulate it just like cigarettes and alcohol?

Good points, you managed to convince me.