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"I don't use drugs except alcohol here and there... But I do support legalization and taxation on all drugs... Adults have the right to do whatever they want in their own home as long as it doesn't threaten or harm another. It would virtually eliminate crime and provide ultra high tax revenues for the government."

While your intent is admirable, the price of drugs would plummet as they were legalized which would reduce the amount of tax revenue the government could capture. Crime is a little trickier than you make it out to be. IMO net crime would reduce, however their would be marked increases in certain types of crime probably mostly misdemeanors. I would think that we would trade murder and drug trafficking for DUI, drunk and disorderly, and the like. Especially up front.

"the price of drugs would plummet as they were legalized"

Maybe not as much as you think. In Amsterdam, pot goes for around $10/gr. (about $300/oz.). Legal medical marijuana in California goes for $480/oz., without tax.

I daresay street marijuana is cheaper. And trying to collect the tax on millions of home growers would require a government agency 10X the size of the DEA.

While your intent is admirable, the price of drugs would plummet as they were legalized which would reduce the amount of tax revenue the government could capture. Crime is a little trickier than you make it out to be. IMO net crime would reduce, however their would be marked increases in certain types of crime probably mostly misdemeanors. I would think that we would trade murder and drug trafficking for DUI, drunk and disorderly, and the like. Especially up front.

This makes me think that the government would mostly lose out on making drugs legal. They've acquired police-state powers and been able to finance small armies to fight the WOT through acquistioning enough taxes from citizens to do so. That's a lot of money. If those forces were suddenly made obsolete by legalization? Doubt we'll see anyone want to give up that power. Gonna be tough to justify said expenditures for jaywalking. Then you have all of the bribery and massive profit of the current black market. I think the legalizers have a bigger battle ahead of them than they realize.