Your usage of the word "Researcher" is itself a loaded claim. It implies that there is some objectivity going on when in fact, most of the cites I see from Pro-Drug people are from that vast armada of propagandists who want legalized drugs. Take the link for this topic thread for example.
You're misdirecting. I never did, and never would, refer to a news article as "research" - the research in question is at the link I posted in post #228, and was conducted by Mark Thornton, O. P. Alford III Assistant Professor of Economics at Auburn University.
If you are suggesting that I am lumping you in with all the other hacks out there, then you are correct. My own experience has taught me that this simply saves a lot of time in the long run.
I have argued this subject with another persistent pot head on another site for over six years, and my patience for looking at biased research articles has long expired.