[Aquinasfan]

Most of the crime and killings happen not because of intoxication but because the trade must be clandestine.

And if the use of cocaine was legalized, presumably more people would use it, more people would abuse it, and more lives and families would be ruined.

There's no panacea for fighting the war on drugs, just like there is no panacea for fighting the war on first degree murder.

[HiTech RedNeck]

You ignore that the most common way that cocaine was used prior to its being banned, was in teas and other weak forms.