[robertpaulsen]

"Personally, I would rather have a violent criminal in prison for longer than to have someone with a cargo container full of pot."

Personally, I believe a drug dealer destroys hundreds of more lives than a violent criminal can ever hope to.

[steve-b]

Let's explore these odd beliefs of yours. Do you also believe that if other people are in the same building, but not the same room, you are not "alone"? Do you believe that a man having his schlong sucked is not engaged in "sex"?

[dirtboy]

Personally, I believe a drug dealer destroys hundreds of more lives than a violent criminal can ever hope to.

First of all, regarding drug use, unless the dealer ties someone down and injects them against their will, it is the drug USER who destroys their life, not the dealer.

Violent crime associated with drug dealing is a function of it being a black market, not the drug itself. We don't have drive-by shootings in front of liquor stores nowadays, but we did during prohibition.

And third, alcohol causes far more harm than all other drugs combined, except perhaps health problems from cigarettes. But yet you don't seem willing to discuss it here.