Back in college, two of my friends went to a CIA recruiting event. One friend was a native Farsi speaker and the other was born in Korea. Both came back dejected because the recruiter said they could not apply until at least a year had passed since they last smoked marijuana. Both ended up going to law school instead; few years after our graduation, Iran and North Korea made surprising (to U.S. intelligence) advances in their nuclear programs.

Think of all the resources we lose every year because of the stupid federal prohibition of weed.