[GeronL]

Decriminalizing drugs is a constitutional and tested solution (see Portugal) for eliminating drug abuse

I guess you just rename "abuse" as "legal use" and like magic, no more drug 'problem'.

lol. hilarious. 3rd grade reasoning.

I guess we could legalize all crime and there would be no more need of prisons and the world would be right again.

[zeugma]

I’d have thought that a simple look at our own history (prohibition and it’s repeal) to see the negative effects of the ‘drug war’. It’s unfortunate that so many ‘conservatives’ toss out ‘states rights’ when it is convenient for them to do so. Personally, I think the damage and violence done to our Constitution in the name of the drug war is far worse than any conceivable consequence of ending it.