High times with legalized pot? It all depends

From The San Francisco Chronicle:

Foes of the ballot measure say legalizing casual cannabis use will lead to pot farms everywhere, rampant drug use and dangerous dopers on the highway. Proponents say cannabis is no more dangerous than alcohol, and that bringing California's biggest cash crop - an estimated $14 billion a year - out of the shadows of illegality will create jobs and inject millions of dollars into governmental coffers.

Well written and balanced, this article also calls attention to the highly speculative nature of the RAND study's figures.

There's just one question we need to be asking: does the damage done by using cannabis, to individuals or society, outweigh the damage of our current prohibition?  All evidence points to a clear and decisive NO.