[Lysander]

If that drug is legalized and doesn't replace alcohol, we've added to the problem, haven't we?

As if "we" should be social engineering by force and coercion anyway. It is repugnant to a free society based on republican rule. In a democracy, well then maybe. Do you live in a democracy?

[robertpaulsen]

Me? I live in a representative republic. That's where our elected representatives reflect the will of the people by enacting constitutional laws like the Controlled Substances Act.

Where do you live? Some Libertarian fantasy world? The world of objectivism as espoused by Ayn Rand?

"It is repugnant to a free society based on republican rule."

If so, then it is last in a long list of repugnant government behavior. Maybe we should undo some of that before we talk about legalizing drugs.

You'd rather start with drugs first? Then we'll move on the rest, huh? Yeah we will.