[MEGoody]

Not really. What if some tub of lard gets a heart attack while driving?

When you can show me the rate of fat people having car accidents because of their fat is as high as the rate of violent crimes committed by people who are high, then we'll talk.

Try blaming the a##hole - not the drugs.

Funny, this a##holes rap sheet is full - and it's all related to drug use. He doesn't have one crime in his rap sheet prior to his first bust for violent behavior committed while he was high.

[downtoliberalism]

Not arguing against you, but every one of your arguments can and should be used in the alcohol arena. Yet we as a society, continue to accept the fact that alcohol is not a drug such as heroin or such. Continuing to outlaw contriband does not solve the problem, obvious in the alcohol example. The difference is, we don't spend billions of dollars a year trying to reduce the use, and take in millions of dollars a year in tax revenue. And once again, I believe this to be the case of legislating morality. If society were truly tired of the results of impared peoples actions, we would make those actions unacceptable, period.

[Pessimist]

"When you can show me the rate of fat people having car accidents because of their fat is as high as the rate of violent crimes committed by people who are high, then we'll talk."

Ahhh... So its the rate that bothers you. And I suppose you should be appointed arbiter of what rate is acceptable.

"Funny, this a##holes rap sheet is full - and it's all related to drug use. He doesn't have one crime in his rap sheet prior to his first bust for violent behavior committed while he was high."

That's irrelevant. Its still the guy who is the criminal, not the drugs. I suppose you're for gun control too, right?

You sure you're on the right board?