If we simplify the topic and ask the direct question, "Do you believe that if murder were not illegal, would the homicide rate go from the current ~ 17,800 per year to maybe 7 or 8 million?"
When I drive by, I don't see anyone blaze up outside the local police district. In that case the law doesn't deter folks from smoking the stuff. It simply makes them cautious about doing it where they may get caught. But that's sort of apples and oranges because murder isn't a victimless crime. Smoke a joint and no one ends up dead or in the ICU.
Laws are far from useless and law enforcement in an orderly society is a requirement. Expecting a law to prevent a crime is a mistake.
ETA: You're in the Atlanta metro, which area? I worked in Atlanta for 2 years. Nice town, lousy traffic.
"What'll ya have?"
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