No, however, the "yutes" will not have the self-control or wisdom to limit their intake of legalized or decriminalized recreational pharmaceuticals. Fer cryin out loud, look at the weekly keggers on college campi, and imagine open, widely available drugs added into that mix.
I don't know what the solution is, or even if there is one. If there were some way to guarantee that the consequences of drug use and addiction could be limited to those individual persons alone, I'd be all for legalization. However, there can be no such guarantee...
Uh, you haven't been to any college campi lately, have you? Virtually any drug you're looking for is easily available.
And BTW, it's telling that you make alcohol out to be LESS DANGEROUS than illegal drugs. Fact is, if you could transition a college campus off of alcohol to marijuana, or even cocaine, you'd see a lot less chaos and destruction on campus.
Your argument should be: "Kids can't handle their alcohol -- let's BRING BACK PROHIBITION!"
AFAIK, drugs are widely available now, albeit not openly. Beyond that, is that a rational basis for determining what the appropriate limits of government, particularly the federal government are?
I don't know what the solution is, or even if there is one. If there were some way to guarantee that the consequences of drug use and addiction could be limited to those individual persons alone, I'd be all for legalization. However, there can be no such guarantee...
There are never any guarantees, except that if we keep doing what we're doing we're going to keep getting more and more of what we've got now.