[toupsie]

Legalizing drugs would be a disaster for our nation.

I agree. The 30 year War on Drugs has been so effective you rarely hear about teens using drugs these days.

[Ol' Sparky]

Yes. The 20-year War on Drugs has reduced monthly drug use from 26 million in 1979 to 14 million in 2000 (National Household Survey on Drug Abuse). Tougher laws and stigmatization has worked very well. And, only the ignorant don't remember how much more drug use there was in the 1970s in the Cheech and Chong, "joker-smoker-midnight-toker" decade.