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[Aramike]

This is a good discussion.

Legalize? Criminalize? If the user isn't hurting you, then you have no business telling anyone what they can or cannot do.

Okay, so let's allow people to drive drunk, so long as they aren't hurting anyone...

Why don't we allow that?

Because, there's a clear and grave potential for someone to actually be hurt.

Look, truthfully I have no opinion on the pot argument. Both sides make agreeable and sensible points. But there is no way on earth someone can convince me that legalizing hard drugs such as crack would be a good idea. Forget people who are locked up for drug crimes for a moment. The number of people who are imprisoned for crimes related to simply the PURSUIT of drugs is staggering.

Legalizing crack isn't going to change the fact that the crackhead is broke and will do anything to get his fix.