Yo, Don... Think about this... If you decriminalize drug possession then guess what? The price goes way down and folks ain't bustin' into other folks homes to get the dough to maintain thier habits...

Plus, in doing so you also remove druggies from the criminal elements who get them involved with other bad stuff...

(But, Bobert, when you decriminalize drugs then everyone is gonna wanta be a drug addict, won't they?)

No, not really... Plus, if you allow addicted people access to drugs then you stand a much better chance of helping them with drug treatment rather than incarceration...

(But, Bobert, shouldn't the governemnt have to test these drugs before makin' them available to the general public to make sure they are safe?)

Well, no. More people are killed from alcohol and nicotine products than all the other drugs in existence and these are legal... I mean, lets get real here... It's okay to drink 'er smoke yerself to death, and in the case of drinkin' maybe kill some other folks on yer way, but lets lock up some kid fir smokin' crack????

I don't get it???

And out prisons are filled with folks whoes only crime was gettin' into drugs... Maybe after they get paroled they can just go out, buy a six pack fir 3 bucks and plow into a school bus???

Like I said, I don't get it...

And while I'm on the subject of not gettin' it lets keep in mind that a disportunate number of these folks we got locked up are descendants of former slaves who were supposedly set free???

Bobert