Uruguay's legislature is voting today to make their country the first in the world to legally regulate the production, distribution, and sale of marijuana, while here in the U.S., state lawmakers continue to weigh arguments over whether to follow Colorado and Washington by legalizing the drug for recreational use. Here are the arguments for and against legalizing marijuana:

PRO

Americans would get to lie back, relax, and have healthy appetites for a change

Convenience of being able to buy pot from local Walgreens versus inconvenience of having to buy pot from parking lot of local Walgreens

No longer have to use belt to experience high

Fuckin’ Terry can’t charge $80 for an eighth anymore

The FDA would be able to finally regulate the quality and safety of marijuana, just as they flawlessly do with the thousands of prescription drugs currently on the market

Would allow us to fulfill our lifelong dream of blowing pot smoke right in a cop’s face

Reduced stigma surrounding people with cannabis-leaf face tattoos

We could smoke a ton of pot

CON

No room to fit a “D” into “Legalize It” tattoo

State prosecutors would have far fewer options for incarcerating inner-city minority youths for decades

Would require costly rewriting of nation’s D.A.R.E. curriculum

17-year-old Jennifer Kalpers thought pot was pretty cool. That is, until she got high and went out driving with her friends. Kalpers accidentally swerved into a telephone pole, killing her instantly. Still think smoking pot is cool?

You and your dealer would slowly drift apart

Scent of T-shirt from first Red Hot Chili Peppers concert would lose its mystique

Increased unemployment among drug-sniffing dogs

Marijuana advocates will have triumphant story to tell