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If you want to argue that the War on Drugs goes too far and that we should be trying to treat users instead of jailing them, I'd agree with you. But if you want to argue that we should legalize the manufacture and sale of these drugs, I don't agree with you. I'm not a fan of the War on Drugs but I'm not a fan of the other extreme (no regulation), either. And if you give many people a choice between what we have or legalization of all drugs, a lot of people are going to pick what we have now.

[F.J. Mitchell]

WE have abortion now too. The war on drugs, is the abortion of those who managed to escape the womb alive.

[SJSAMPLE]

I dont like mind altering drugs (except alcohol - there's my hypocrisy). But I've come to realize that, just because I don't like something, doesn't mean is must be prohibited. I still have qualms about the influx of drugs that "legalization" would create, but the problems associated with "criminalization" cannot be overlooked, either. A popular word is "decriminilazation", which is still a little confusing to me. I don't want to give federal, state or local governments the ability to pursue individuals (adults) in the privacy of their own homes just because they like a drug other than alcohol or whatever their doctor is foolish enough to prescribe.