[robertpaulsen]

"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."

What does alcohol and cigarettes have to do with the discussion about illegal recreational drugs? Unless you're saying that their use would decrease if we legalized drugs.

Is that what you're saying?

[dirtboy]

What does alcohol and cigarettes have to do with the discussion about illegal recreational drugs?

Why, examining the rationale for making illegal drugs illegal. Namely, that they cause harm - the point you are making in justifying them being illegal.

But booze causes far more harm than pot.

Unless you're saying that their use would decrease if we legalized drugs.

No, but you are saying that keeping illegal drugs illegal decreases their use. And they should be illegal because they are harmful. Using that logic, you should also be calling for alcohol to be illegal, because it causes a lot of harm and making it illegal would decrease use and therefore harm.

[Protagoras]

What does alcohol and cigarettes have to do with the discussion about illegal recreational drugs?

You can run but you cannot hide.

Is alcohol OK because it's legal?

BTW, you ever use alcohol?