[Moonman62]

* Realize legislating morality has been a destructive societal policy and that drug use and abuse are medical problems.

Sustainable societies have always had laws that reflect the morality of their dominant culture. The idea that laws and morality should be mutually exclusive is a canard usually perpetrated by a destructive subculture.

[general_re]

I'm not unsympathetic to this article, but this whole "you can't legislate morality" thing has never made sense to me. It's a total non-starter for anyone who even bothers to think about it for a minute - all laws are based on moral judgments and moral values. What are laws against murder but a reflection of the belief that murder is morally wrong?