[Celtjew Libertarian]

If not legalizing drugs, we should at least not jail people for just using them. However, people who use drugs and then commit crimes, while on the drugs, should have the book at them. But if they use drugs and just zone out in their own little corner, leave them alone. Basically, treat drugs like we presently treat alcohol.

For the record, I do not use illegal drugs, I never have used them, and I have no desire to use them. If I wanted to use them, I had every opportunity during college. (Heck, I was sometimes the only person at a party not getting stoned.) However, I do consume large amounts of caffeine. More seriously, I take prescription medication for Attention Deficit Disorder and/or Depression.

[f.Christian]

Total... proof!

[ActionNewsBill]

Basically, treat drugs like we presently treat alcohol.

I agree. What's so hard to understand about that? Why should we treat other drugs any differently than we do alcohol?

Alcohol is probably the most dangerous drug available, but I don't hear any of the "Drug Warriors" calling for a return to prohibition.

Probably because too many of them are addicted to their nightly martini or six-pack.

[Reagan Man]

If not legalizing drugs, we should at least not jail people for just using them.

Civilized society has determined, those people who grow, purchase and ingest illicit drugs, belong behind bars. They are breaking the laws of society.

Contrary to libertarian propaganda, most people who are caught with small amounts of marijuana, are not automatically thrown in jail on a first time offense. In fact, most users of marijuana, who are caught with the illicit substance, are given many chances by the criminal justice system, to reform, before they're actually put in prison.

[BluesDuke]

people who use drugs and then commit crimes, while on the drugs, should have the book at them.

People who commit crimes period (real crimes, please, not mere vices) should have the book at them. It shouldn't matter a damn whether they consumed cocaine, Coca Cola, cold cuts, or codfish before committing the crime(s). I've said it before, but it is always worth repeating: Merely because many if not most actual druggies might oppose the War On Drugs as now prosecuted, it does not follow that many if not most of those who oppose the War On Drugs as now prosecuted are actually druggies.