[tacticalogic]

However, I do whole-heartedly, without hesitation, embrace the belief that the issue, drug abuse, should be decided and handled by individual states. As nearly every single issue should.

The issue here is federal prohibition and the federal WOD. The only way it can become a state issue is for it to cease to become a federal issue - ie it has to be legalized at the federal level.

[dcwusmc]

Doesn't even have to be legalised, just repeal the prohibition legislation. That would DECRIMINALIZE the issue and we can take it from there.