I served 25 years on the bench and I’ve seen the results of this attempted prohibition. It doesn’t make marijuana less available, but it does clog the court system. The stronger we get on marijuana, the softer we get with regard to all other prosecutions because we have only so many resources. And we at this moment, have thousands of people in state prison right this minute who did nothing but smoke marijuana. You and I as adults can go home tonight and drink 10 martinis. It’s not a healthy thing to do but it’s not illegal. Someone who smokes marijuana and goes to bed risks jail. I don’t smoke marijuana and if you legalized it today and gave it away at every street corner I’m still not going to. But the most harmful thing about marijuana today is prison - and also the most expensive. I take President Obama at his word - he said let’s look at what’s working and what is not, and jettison those programs that are not working.