Super XO,
Did you see the series on History Channel called "Hooked: Illegal Drugs and How They Got That Way." One of the things they pointed out was that (really boiling this down to basics) cocaine and opium were outlawed primarily because of prejudices against certain groups.
I think a lot of the "drug war" waste and expense would be eliminated if pot were legalized. When you let a rapist out of jail to put a pot smoker in, where is the sense in that? Heroin & crack however...that's something else again - evil, bad, bad.
Also, I think the whole "gateway drug" theory taught to children in school needs to be eliminated, as does the theory that a drug is a drug is a drug. I mean if you teach a kid this way and he tries pot and nothing happens, he'll think that heroin will be just as harmless.
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