I've never promoted pot as  a cure for all that ails society.    I have a mixed relationship with pot, that leaves me believing that compulsion of any drug is problem and that I have found what few skills I may have, are generally hurt by the use of pot.    It might be an option for 'responsibility free' recreation, but it's not the place to put your consciousness 24 hours a day.    

Society may be better off without the use of either alcohol or pot, but there does seem to be something in our human nature that seeks periods of altered consciousness, from little kids spinning in circles, to the a working parent letting go of high work stress with a nightly cocktail.   Of course I have not problem with prescribed use of pot, but we all know their are physicians that don't care if it's legitimate scientifically.

I've support legalization for 50 years, but I'm not going to canonize pot laws passed on the belief it will change the world for the better.