I do think it is an important crop for so many reasons. And it is obviously illegal cause it threatens so many established interests. For the sake of discussion though, I have heard that we need to be more reliant on perennial crops rather than annuals if we hope to continue to exist as a species.

As much as I support the movement towards legalization. I wonder how much truth there is to this. It has been said that throughout time acorns (perennials) have made up much more of a normal human diet than say wheat or corn.

Just food for thought. There is no silver bullet in our global ecosystem but we should be allowed to use all the tools nature has given us.