Legalize it?

There's quite a spirited debate going on in the comment section of this story about a drug bust in Ark City. The discussion turned toward whether marijuana should be legalized.

It is intermixed with comments about the police being overzealous and harassing young people for having a little pot (or anybody having a little pot).

You can support legalizing, as more and more people do, and which in my opinion will happen eventually, even in our conservative heartland.

But the police are doing their job by investigating and arresting people, regardless of their age, for possession, using and selling pot. Don't get mad at them for doing their job.

Yes, I suppose they could de-prioritize non violent marijuana crimes, and I don't know that's not the case now, but as long as its an illegal drug that can lead to other problems, they are doing what our society is asking.

The ire should be directed at state lawmakers, national lawmakers, and perhaps even local lawmakers. I suppose a city or county could decriminalize pot to some degree, but that ain't going to happen before something happens on the state level.