[wita]

Illegal drugs and the battle against them has done more to fatten the budgets of police forces in canada and the US, than any single issue since...jaywalking, and loitering. Legalizing marijuana, would not significantly effect the system, other than relieve pressure on our jails, and to state that any move toward legality would suddenly produce a nation of potheads, is patent poo-poo. I would venture to guess, that the list of side effects for marijuana, would pale next to some of the more benign "legal drugs", that a nation of pill poppers loves to have at their disposal, but that is another story.

My desire is to see some change in the ridiculous status quo, ie, some form of limited and controlled legalization for marijuana where government could have another legal substance in the tax pool that they could become addicted to. Maybe for sure a sunset clause if the desired results were not forthcoming. Wanna bet the results would be better than legalized gambling? I can see it now, school boards nation wide crowing about the benefits to schools and public education provided by the "product".

[HELLRAISER II]

The way our legal system is running nowadays the Smokers are next in line to become criminals, I wonder what these people are going to do when they wake up one morning to find out Cigarettes & nicotine have been added to the list of illegal drugs. Do you think they're going to quit cold turkey or are they going to become criminals overnight. I think that most of us already know the answer.

[A. Pole]

I would venture to guess, that the list of side effects for marijuana, would pale next to some of the more benign "legal drugs", that a nation of pill poppers loves to have at their disposal, but that is another story.

Ritalin (can be even mandatory), Prozac, Viagra? What else?