surely you know about the history of this country, and you know who harry sangber and on their stance of legalizing marijuana, and i would like to know your stance of legalizing marijuana. guest: it's going to be an issue soon, it will be an issue at the state level. but it's going to be a national issue and should be. when you look on one side of tobacco, their illnesses kill 400,000 a year, more than vehiclular accidents, cocaine and alcohol, combined. it's far away the largest call of preventable death in this country. compared to which marijuana looks rev lent lyly benign. ly -- relevant benign. and more than a decade ago "national review" said that the drug war is lost. and that's dealing with the drug problem on the demand side. and we have to deal with demand. and marijuana is not cocaine in its effects and social cost and all the rest. i think what the caller raised isinterestingly in the next five years a discussable issue. host: the hearings got underway on capitol hill on the health care issue. and last sunday you were talking about health care, and i saw some commentary on

surely you know about the history of this country, and you know who harry sangber and on their stance of legalizing marijuana, and i would like to know your stance of legalizing marijuana. guest: it's going to be an issue soon, it will be an issue at the state level. but it's going to be a national issue and should be. when you look on one side of tobacco, their illnesses kill 400,000 a year, more than vehiclular accidents, cocaine and alcohol, combined. it's far away the largest call of preventable death in this country. compared to which marijuana looks rev lent lyly benign. ly -- relevant benign. and more than a decade ago "national review" said that the drug war is lost. and that's dealing with the drug problem on the demand side. and we have to deal with demand. and marijuana