[lugsoul]

That's a good reason. I'd rather spend prison dollars and police dollars on predators than on stoners (presidio thinks they are the same - I know it just freaks me out to see those guys hopped up on grass getting all violent and wreaking havoc). But I'd also like to see the power of the state constrained wherever possible, and this "war" has been used as a major excuse for the creeping expansion of government control over the lives of its citizens. Presidio would rather the government keep your money, and mine, and his, and spend it on these utterly ineffective efforts.

[RockyMtnMan]

I get pissed when I here someone claim to be conservative and tow the Republican line regardless of how liberal the particular issue may be.

Curtailing a state's power is far easier than trying to limit the fed's power. This is the fundamental reason the founders gave us a constitutional republic. Representation at the federal level is a fairy tale but state officials quake in their boots come election time if they've screwed up.