I'd support legalization. Won't be much reason for people killing each other when someone can just buy the stuff from a liquor store.
That said, the problem with drugs doesn't stem from lack of enforcement or regulation, its because of the short-comings of our country's anti-drug informational programs; to say that they are collosal failures of epic proportions is a massive understatement. I remember a cartoon back in my grade-school days where drug dealers were portrayed as giant, menacing blobs (probably due to political correctness, but thats another issue) and that the potheads who represent "peer pressure" are miscreants with malevolent intents. These shock tactics, if anything, are making the problem worse when you consider who the people who are offering you drugs are. I've had plenty of friends in high-school who smoked pot (I live in SoCal mind you) and not once did they offer me a toke. And, if you ever asked for one from them, they didn't give you one because they wanted you to die at 21 from the shrapnel of a re-fried bean can that you put in the microwave during a stoned haze, they're giving you one because they want you to have a good time.
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