[Ol' Sparky]

There is a BIG difference between opposing the excesses of the Drug War and supporting the legalization of drugs. Legalization of marijuana has failed everywhere it's been tried. In fact, legalization of marijuana and lighter punishment for drug use in the 1970s paved the way for the public to support the WOD.

[Dan from Michigan]

I'm personally not a fan of drugs. I don't use them. I have smoked pot twice in my life and didn't like it each time. I will not do it again. I'll never touch the hard stuff. All I use now is caffine and smoke an occasional cigar and drink beer once in awhile.

My problem is government power.

1. What business outside of the borders, is the FEDS doing in this. If someone grows a pot farm in SW Michigan, why are the FEDS, who should not have juristiction, getting involved. When I think of the feds, I see too many WACO and RUBY RIDGE cases. BTW - Drugs were falsely attributed in Waco as well.

2. Forfeiture laws. In the name of the War on Drugs, people are losing their homes, cars and money...WITHOUT A CONVICTION. In many cases, affirmative defense is required to get it back. Affirmative defense is guilty till proven innocent, much like Ohio's CCW law now in the courts.

3. 2nd amendment rights. Many gun grabs were in the name of the WOD. "Drug dealers use that gun"

4. Secret Searches, no knock searches, etc. The ideas of the unPatriot Act came from that.

5. Mena Arkansas. The biggest drug dealers in the country IS THE COUNTRY. Specifically Bill Klinton and his friends like Dan Lasater and Dan Harmon.

6. Prohibition laws. It didn't work in the 20's, and it doesn't work now.

Now if a state wants drugs illegal, I don't have a problem with it at the STATE level. Leave the FEDS out of this though outside the borders, and let's quit attacking our FREEDOMS in the name of the war on drugs. Anyone that backs the affirmative defense stuff should be tarred and feathered. It's become a racket and big money for the govt, and that's my big problem.