Don't bogart that joint, my friend....
My conviction that cannabis is a benign weed does not conflict with my recognition that those who traffic in it can be ruthless and dangerous criminals. That's a lesson we should have learned in Prohibition.
But history has shown that banning a drug has only led to creating a criminal enterprise which will market it at an enormous profit. It is such an obvious way of promoting substance abuse that I often question the sobriety of those who insist on continuing it.