anyhow my point is so many violent acts happen while drinking: fighting, stealing, murder, car accidents...and the list goes on, not to mention the lists of medical risks drinking causes...cirosis of liver, heart disease, gout, acid reflux disease, on and on...and it is a fact that marijuana has been useful in helping or maintaining things like cancer and glaucoma...perhaps many more i'm not aware of...but if we had a congress that would wake up and see that stoners do not fight, they have no urge to kill, they are mellow and very alert actually...and if they would abolish bars and had only off-sale for alcohol so people have to go home and drink, they could open smoke shops...still have the driving under the influence law, bc i don't believe it is cool to drive under the influence of anything..they would see a dramatic decrease in dui deaths, the police would be free to worry about worse crime than a stupid bar fight. in my experience with marijuana users, they do not fight with each other...there would be a decrease in a lot of crime and dui deaths...what's the harm in switching it that way??? we've tried it this long with bars, and our cities and towns are full of violence.....let's try switching it a bit, i bet anything that there would be a DRASTIC change in all of our lives...