It's still not quite that simple. The verses about the government being God's ministers for your own good and they don't carry the sword in vain implies that IF it really is ultimately worse for man that drugs be more legal then some control is a good thing. But we agree that there is an analog function between a pot plant grown along a tomato plant in your garden vs being a major crack dealer. The two can not be discussed in the same conversation.
No they don't; they do say that government power MAY be legitimate, but that's a far cry from "IF it really is ultimately worse for man that drugs be more legal then some control is a good thing."
Problem is--for the pro-WOSD folks--a pot plant and crack or heroin are one and the same. To many folks, this is the height of hypocrisy and undercuts the entire concept of a morally-defensible WarOnSomeDrugs. Seems to me that the pro-WOSD folks have drawn the line in the sand are unwilling to admit that they drew it in the wrong place.
IMHO, a WOSD that had a chance to succeed would de-criminalize the WhackyWeed and focus on voluntary testing efforts to weed out abusers of other substances, but this article proves that sorta thinking is beyond the Federales' imagination. That's sorta why I feel the Feds secretly want this WOSD to fail so that they can simply ratchet up the level of Civil Liberties the Fascists can deprive the American citizenry.
FReegards...MUD