Pot tarts

Marijuana is a narcotic so it's illegal. I just don't understand why we can't treat it like other illegal presciption narcotics:

March 17, 2006 — Federal drug enforcement agents in Northern California shut down an elaborate "marijuana candy" factory that produced drug-laced snacks called Rasta Reece's, Pot Tarts, and other parodies of popular products.

"This can be tragic. A young child or adult could eat one of these and drink one of the sodas," said the DEA's Javier Pena.

And what, get really, really mello? If we would treat marijuana like mature adults maybe it wouldn't make people look like idiots in the news.