I think my opinion has more to do with what I've seen as the result of drug abuse. It has affected everyone, it seems, and not in a good way. I think there is a lot of evidence that almost everyone who has a serious addiction problem to things like meth, crack, etc started out as a doobie brother/sister. Legalizing drugs wouldn't legalize drugs. . . for the population group that is most likely to want them . . .teenagers and younger. They would still be illegal, and abused.


>Let face it John police voting for legalising drugs would be like Turkeys voting for Christmas (or in your case thanksgiving).
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>Criminalising drugs has given the police more chances to look busy than any other legislation. And I believe in some areas of the USA its a handy source of revenue through proceeds of crime seizures as well.
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>Drug use is a health issue,it hold be suitably taxed and treated as such like alcohol and tobacco.
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>>I think they should legalize it in every country, except the US. All those other countries would then be overrun with idiots.
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>>>Well - the word "Duhhh" comes to mind...haha
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>>>http://apnews.excite.com/article/20110602/D9NJE27G3.html
>>>http://www.twincities.com/news/ci_18187384?source=rss&nclick_check=1
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>>>The 19-member commission includes former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and former U.S. official George Schultz, who held Cabinet posts under Presidents Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon, former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker; former presidents of Mexico, Brazil and Colombia; writers Carlos Fuentes and Mario Vargas Llosa; British business mogul Richard Branson; and the Greek prime minister.
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>>>What I'd like to know is why the former presidents of Mexico, Brazil, & Colombia didn't bring this up before.
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>>>Supposedly the report is 24 pages - I'd love to read it but so far haven't found it.