[BradtotheBone]

So if a drug, like alcohol, is legal, would the country be better off without those that drink it and have their minds altered?

Absolutely. Getting high or drunk is unhealthy and causes too many problems. Violence, social problems, etc.

This country would be so much better off without that type of behavior, regardless of legality or not.

[southernmann]

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[ConservingFreedom]

Getting high or drunk is unhealthy and causes too many problems. Violence, social problems, etc.

This country would be so much better off without that type of behavior, regardless of legality or not.

Prohibition taught us what the War on Pot is currently teaching us: trying to eliminate that type of behavior through criminalization has limited effect, and enriches criminals.