Well, certainly I agree with the view that giving criminal records—especially to young people whose lives are all ahead of them—for possession of small amounts for personal use is not a benefit to society. On the other hand, legalization is not the same thing as decriminalization. Decriminalization means that the use is still disapproved but that the measures applied to prevent excessive use, or to prevent its use at all by particularly vulnerable individuals, are by means other than criminal sanctions and criminal records.
Legalization, on the other hand, means the removal of all restraints and that—