[Steve Van Doorn]

"If a drug *product* is likely to lead someone to harming others, that is a justification for banning it."

I know you just said it but I just want to ask, does this sentence make sense to you?

[AlmaKing]

The drug war has long been over and has turned into a war on our rights.

All of the same arguments the drug warriors use can be used for banning guns. And all of the Wild West, blood-in-the-streets scenarios won’t happen when drugs are decriminalized and legalized.

Decriminalization is an inevitability. Some 12 states, even the Statist State of Mass., have decriminalized or are moving to decriminalize possession and use of pot.

The super-majority controlled Republican House of New Hampshire just voted in favor of decriminalization of pot:

http://www.unionleader.com/article/20120308/NEWS06/120309913

10+ years of study here on Portugal’s experiment:

http://www.cato.org/publications/white-paper/drug-decriminalization-portugal-lessons-creating-fair-successful-drug-policies