[Magician]

Addiction rates to "hard" drugs in the Netherlands are about one tenth what they are in this country.

The entire drug MESS could be cleared up with two relatively simple decisions by the FDA:

1. Legalize marijuana. It is less harmful than alchohol.

2. Give addicts to hard drugs a prescription for what they need. This is how it was done until about 40-50 years ago and it was an inexpensive and dignified way to handle addiction.

Addiction rates in this country did not skyrocket until the drugs were made ILLEGAL, thereby providing a source of profit for criminals, police and politicians. A replay of Prohibition.

[Zorobabel]

What galls me is the slap on the wrist that relatives of important and influential politicians get for offenses that put ordinary people in prison for decades. This isn't about drugs, it's about control, and it's about big bucks.

[4Freedom]

Do you really believe that everyone that's addicted to drugs, in any country, will admit to it? Most addicts are in denial.

Just more liberal statistics.