How is this stupid? Let me count the ways.
Ok, check this quote out, courtesy of fellow Canuckistanian Julian Fantino, Toronto's Chief of Police:

Toronto Police Chief Julian Fantino likened decriminalizing marijuana to legalizing murder yesterday as he rejected arguments that legal pot would cut down on organized crime operations now growing it. "I guess we can legalize murder too and then we won't have a murder case. We can't go that way," Fantino said.

Argh. The statement, it hurts us. Yes, I realize that as a Chief of Police, it is not Officer Fantino's place to create or change the laws, but to enforce them. At the same time, he's just plain wrong. By legalizing pot, you immediate turn every underworld grow-op into a taxable business that needs to conform to business and safety laws. I mean, look at alcohol. Once upon a time (the 1920s) in a Land Far Away (our neighbours to the south, good ol' U. S. of A.) anyone making whisky or beer was "organized crime". Now it's big business we can't wait to merge with..  ¶ 11:23 p.m.