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It is a little hard to see how drug use could get much more widespread than it is now in this country- teachers, lawyers, judges, politicians, executives, mechanics, junior-high school kids, and probably the clowns at the circus are all using drugs. This battle (and the war) has already been lost. It has been a rout, worse than the Gallipoli disaster of WWI.

Let's at least try to get rid of the huge profits made by the dealers, and the immense amount of civic corruption that has resulted from the drug war.

Is that what I consider the perfect solution? No. But there is no feasable way to get drugs out of our society right now.

I'll repeat myself ( a common thing for old farts like me ):
We need a new war on drugs: one that will win the hearts and minds of our citizens; because only aggressive social pressure will do the job.

The next comedian who tells an "in joke" about drugs should be booed off the stage.The sponsors of the show should be flooded with angry letters, and boycotted,if necessary,until they get the message.

Those of us-in this very forum-who continue to advocate adolescent points of view about drugs, need to "take a little walk on the wild side" and see with their own eyes what drugs are doing to all of us. You need to see addicts "coming down" : all covered with sweat;wrapped in blankets in 90 degree heat;their noses running;their eyes watering; their whiney voices begging for "just a taste,man !" ( I saw it every day for 17 years, and can tell you it ain't pretty ! )

If you're still seething with adolescent rebellion against society, consider this: If society abandons enforcement of one set of laws to make YOU happy, why should it enforce ANY of them ? Neighbor stole your car ? TS !!Boss didn't feel like paying you ? Toughski,baby !

"It is a little hard to see how drug use could get much more widespread than it is now in this country"

In 1979, drug use was three times what it is today.

What has brought it down is a message and an attitude. That can make it rise again.

You start talking about legalization and people, especially teens, will get the message that drugs are OK (they're legal, how bad can they be?) and we'll be back to 1979 in a heartbeat.