Look at all the statists on freerepublic.
Lots of violent crimes are committed because of the illegal drug trade. Murders, kidnappings, brutal beatings...etc..
I have been playing with the argument of decriminalizing drugs, but only if you register as a user. If you want to smoke pot, fine; register as a user. Any employer can ask if you are a registered user, as well as your insurance company.
Those who believe that government must make our decisions for us must be the Obama voters on this forum. There’s a lot of them.
There sure are a lot of pro nanny state types here on free republic. They must be pleased that the war on drugs has done nothing of value but militarized our police.