[JudyB1938]

I personally could care less what kind of poison people put into their systems. Their bodies. Their deaths.

However ...

When children are brought into the equasion, those children should be removed and given to responsible parents to raise.

If a crime is committed under the influence of drugs, the penalities should be the same as for alcohol.

Hard Drug traffickers should be put to death.

Marijuana is MUCH less harmful than alcohol and should be treated the same. Why should gangsters make all of that money, when we could save money foolishly spent on a phony War on drugs? Instead, it should be legalized and taxed. Taxpayers would be a whole lot better off, just like they were when they ended prohibition.

Drug users should have access to legal drugs (methadone, anti-depressants, etc). That's all many of them are doing, anyway, is self-medicating to escape the realities of their wretched lives.

[Politicalmom]

I don't think children should be around ANY kind of substance use or alcohol abuse. People who put their kids to bed and then get drunk, or high, are not going to be alert to deal with an emergency.

Not to mention, regardless how you feel about it, it IS illegal, and brings unsavory people into the family orbit.

Of course, the Van Damns LIKE unsavory people.

[Yeti]

Why should gangsters make all of that money, when we could save money foolishly spent on a phony War on drugs? Instead, it should be legalized and taxed. Taxpayers would be a whole lot better off, just like they were when they ended prohibition.

W could turn this whole economy and the deficit around so fast it would have ppl's heads spinning.