[TKDietz]

I don't think so. First, while the War on Drugs is an expensive endeavor showing little or no returns, it's not so expensive that it is likely to bankrupt the country. Also, when the economy goes sour people really tend to notice wasteful programs like those that are part of the WOD. Look at what happened with alcohol prohibition. It didn't end until the economy went sour. That helped frustration swell over all the money that was being wasted on a program that didn't work and it made people really start looking at revenues that could be raised through taxing all the alcohol that was already being sold whether it was legal or not. I wouldn't be surprised if similar condition exists when marijuana is finally legalized.

I doubt very seriously though that we'll ever see drugs like meth and heroin legalized and in fact I would be strongly against that. These drugs are just too addictive and too prone to causing problems for innocent people. It is clear that the overwhelming majority share my opinion on this and while support may grow to legalize even these drugs I don't think there will ever be anywhere close to a majority pushing for it so I don't think it will ever happen. I wouldn't be surprised to see changes made in the laws to save money that reflect an attitude that we'll never be able to completely eradicate these drugs or get all of the hardcore addicts off of them, but I don't believe we'll ever see these drugs regulated like alcohol as I am confident marijuana will someday be.

[Gabz]

I wouldn't be surprised to see changes made in the laws to save money that reflect an attitude that we'll never be able to completely eradicate these drugs or get all of the hardcore addicts off of them, but I don't believe we'll ever see these drugs regulated like alcohol as I am confident marijuana will someday be.

Reason in a sea of unreasonableness.

I've enjouyed reading your posts in this thread..........thanks.

[Know your rights]

I agree that we should legalize and regulate marijuana for adults first, then see how it goes before talking concretely about legalizing other drugs.