[CSM]

"But, as you point out, it was usually only MrLeRoy who requested it (and quite frankly most of the time he requested it simply to see if the poster was able to back up the claim, not because he needed the proof -- an annoyance, really)."

Yep, and at least one other person wanted to see that proof of the claims (me, in most cases anyway). Now that he has been banned those requests are not going to stop. Is the main benefit of the ban the fact that those making the claims will no longer be annoyed by having to prove their claims?

[robertpaulsen]

Well, I guess he's handed off the "provide evidence for your claim" torch to you. Seems to me as though you're interested in arriving at the truth of the matter.

Unlike MrLeRoy, I assume that from a purely educational standpoint you're equally interested in the source of the claims made by both sides of the drug argument?