PHPGator: On the flip side, look at how many lives and how much money we are wasting in prosecuting the war on drugs. We have a larger portion of our population in prison than any other country on Earth. Those are lives being poured down the drain. Our communities are less safe because our police are focusing their efforts on enforcing laws against victimless crime. Oh heck, read my War on Drugs page.
More do drugs then you're aware of. Alcohol is far worse for driving than things such as pot, however if you're worried about driving making them legal and having a more standard method to test for using while driving would make sense. As it stands it's very easy to get drugs, especially for youth. It's easier to get drugs than alcohol, so I honestly do not get your arguments at all. Are you lumping all drugs or just hard drugs in your post? I honestly don't know so I honestly can not respond accordingly in many cases. More people die of overdoses because the shit is made in someones bathtub, the government has no control over the quality, the addictiveness, or how much a person can have because of the illegal nature. Your entire post is pretty poorly stated IMHO, and rings of government propaganda and nothing more.
So the crux of your argument PHPGator is that many people used alcohol, and trying to enforce prohibition on something the people wanted to use was just impossible to do. Yep, definitely see a clear distinction between that and our current WoD situation.
The poll results here show clear support for legalization. So... why is it that the American voters don't make this happen? Even weak laws to make prosecution of marijuana use less onerous have trouble getting on the ballot and passing in most areas. It "feels" like most Americans have used marijuana and at the same time that most Americans are against legalization. 'splain that Lucy!
You mean that burned out pot heads aren't behaving like responsible citizens and dragging their lazy butts down to the polling places? Say it's not so man! Next thing, you'll be claiming that their employment level is below national average.
That would be one way of looking at it Another is that some of them because of the drug laws can not vote, even if they wanted to.