Hershey you haven't even begun to search. You need to enter truth before you do your next Google search no offense but you'll see more factual info. That article is full of made up bs. The judicial system helps very few if any, it is the system that's failed us. As for cannabis use going down that's false, more people use it today than ever before because it is socially accepted and does don't cause the problems drugs(Alcohol) do.
It is a herb with lots of uses. And for the biggest bs, the gateway theory. Pills and Alcohol are the first substances most humans come in contact with, which leads the way to others, not cannabis. I've seen people over the years get hooked on the pills from racing injury's which then leads right to the H s**t. I've never seen pot do that. I've known people who use the indica strain of cannabis for pain relief instead of pills to avoid the deadly addiction of opiates
http://www.jdjournal.com/2012/07/06/alcohol-and-pills-are-gateway-drugs-but-marijuana-is-not/#
Its all good but us pot heads are winning. Try a little cannabis sometime you might enjoy it. Sativa for the daytime and Indica for the night.
Live to ride and enjoy life.