When you try to take away something that gives people pleasure, they get very testy and agitated. Ron Paul’s base wants legalized drugs, and that’s about it. That’s why they’re described as alienated and disaffected from the political process. No other issues matter to them.
Yep, that's the sort of colon fill that'll make folks thin skinned.
With the Sinaloa Cartel controlling more of our border than the US Government, maybe using the tactic which broke the backs of the rumrunners (repealing the prohibition) will strip the profit motive behind the current mess, cut down on turf-related crime (no money in it), and bring the substantial underground economy out into the light where it can be taxed.
It would strip the politicians who have kept our border hanging open of one more source of corruption, too.
Funny how people said that prohibition of alcohol just wouldn't work, but the parallel situation will.
And before you go off half-cocked, I don't use any of the illicit drugs, and wouldn't if they were legal.
As far as the effects on our society, well, those who use them use them anyway, and then if caught, we get to buy them three hots and a cot while they learn how to be hardcore criminals. Lovely.