Marijuana has many benefits and is a boon to society.

1. It distorts the users perception of the world around him/her and allows him to relax--"Just chill out, man!"

2. It effectively impairs drivers and slows their reactions during emergency situations, resulting in more injuries and fatalities than we might otherwise achieve. "Just stack the bodies over here, Milton."

3. It diverts household money away from such useless pursuits as feeding children, education, clothing, and soap, and allows these funds to be spent producing great clouds of carbon-based pollutant. "Cough! Cough! Damn that's good!"

4. It provides an income for Mexican bandits and border smugglers, who might otherwise turn to more serious crime, like banking.

5. It gives politicians something to talk about when they have just demonstrated their inability to deal with the important challenges facing the nation, state, community. "We must banish the evil WEED from our midst! That's our most important job!"

6. It provides endless hours of amusement to participants in on-line discussion groups, who would otherwise be challenged to find solutions to real problems.