<p>I don’t understand the relevance of the argument that pot will be legal “someday.”</p>
<p>Yeah, maybe so. But someday’s not here yet. Today, here and now, the government enforces a lot of brutal laws. If pot is decriminalized in the future, I can guarantee you one thing: all the people who’ve been convicted of pot possession are not going to get out of jail or have their felony records wiped. That’s not how the criminal justice system works. They broke the law as it stood at the time of the offense, and the consequences will follow them for the rest of their lives.</p>