[Rob!]

Saying the alcohol/tobacco argument is redundant really isn't true. Simple fact is that nobody has ever died from cannabis, as opposed to the millions that have died from tobacco/drinking related illnesses.
I used to smoke it a lot more than I do now, and I can take it or leave it. I enjoy it with friends, but I wouldn't want to sit on my own smoking it all day long.
I can understand the paranoia aspect of it, it can seriously mess with your head. And there is of course merit in legalising medicinal marijuana but it wouldn't stop people getting hold of it for recreational purposes. It's the most dealt drug anywhere isn't it? (Apart from Japan who hold weed in the same regard as we would heroin for some reason. The same country who invented tentacle porn, go figure.)