>It's a shame that making drugs illegal didn't stop the proliferation of them on the streets and the ever-increasing use:
>http://www.cadca.org/resources/detail/national-study-confirms-teen-drug-use-increasing
>http://www.samhsa.gov/newsroom/advisories/1109075503.aspx

Drugs are difficult to ban because of its high addictive aspects and therefore comparable with smoking and drinking alcohol. There you also must recognise the difference between soft- and harddrugs. Like the ban on alcohol in the 30s of the last century, it only attracts more crime. I'm a forestander of legalizing all drugs (no its not legalized in Holland yet), because it will take it out the criminal scene and the government can collect taxes on it.

More focus must be laid on education of our children. Here children at primary school are already informed about the usage of drugs (from alcohol to crack), their short and long term effects, ect. It will not prevent all children from taking drugs, but at the least they are educated on what the effects could be, so they would be more carefull.

Drugs are consumables, not tools like guns. Drugs are used for own usage, while with guns its too often to hurt/kill another not having anything to do with the purchase of the gun.

>and the effect on crime:
>http://www.columbian.com/news/2012/dec/09/crime-increases-as-drug-use-does/