Marijuana or martinis: Should government choose for you?

Sen. Nick Scutari is about to try marijuana for the first time.

He's a lawyer, and he swears he's never done it before. But as the author of a bill that would legalize marijuana sales in New Jersey, he feels a weighty responsibility to investigate.

So he's heading to Colorado, where marijuana has been legal since 2014, on a mission.

"I probably should figure out what it does to you," says Scutari (D-Union). "I'm going to do a little reconnaissance."

Let's wish him luck. May he find a good pizza joint to complement his research. And may he succeed in bringing some common sense to New Jersey's hard-line marijuana policies.

Most Americans think it's nuts to put someone in handcuffs for smoking weed, probably because most of them have tried it themselves. The latest Gallup polls shows that 44 percent of Americans admit it. Add in the liars, and...

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