[Rocksalt]

"Nonsense. Alcohol is highly addictive, and tobacco is #1---more addictive than heroin or cocaine. And alcohol can kill you in a single evening of use."

Compare these substances with marijuana.You cannot OD on pot,it is easily grown by anyone,almost anywhere.

Drugs like MDMA require laboratorys to make them.Legalizing these drugs would require either the goverment or drug companys to manafacture them.Thus you would have goverment control,or control by drug corporations.Pot,on the other hand is hard for the goverment to control,because it is so easy to grow.so you tell me,how can drugs that require difficult processes to make ever be free of goverment control,FDA control etc.? Good luck getting through this hoop,and talking about private companys being in control of these substances won't help,as some form of regulation will still be required. I'm listening and willing to consider something that might work.I'm also interested to hear how the UK's legalized heroin and cocaine programs have reduced addictions.My understanding is their program is geared towards maintaining people already addicted,not enabling just anyone to walk in and have access.Cheers.

[MrLeRoy]

Drugs like MDMA require laboratorys to make them. Legalizing these drugs would require either the goverment or drug companys to manafacture them. [...] how can drugs that require difficult processes to make ever be free of goverment control,FDA control etc.? [...] some form of regulation will still be required.

Hard liquor (which I've never heard of anyone making at home) is legal and made by the private sector but regulated; I advocate the same approach for other manufactured drugs.