Pot should be legal. Basic civil liberties. You want to ban addictive, dangerous drugs? Start with Tobacco.

You want to draw a line in the sand and say 'these are too dangerous, they must be banned', I may not agree with your line, but at least it makes sense. The division of legal/illegal makes no sense currently.


The laws on drugs are an ass, which is why they are so widley flouted. There are very few illegal drugs that are as inheriently lethal and addictive as tobacco. A large proportion of the damage is caused by the expense of drugs, and the huge amount of crime it causes.

Legalise most of them, and sell them like tobacco, in reasonably priced units, with some quality control. Some of the results might not be pretty, but can they be any worse than now?

The war on drugs can never be won. Lets end it sensibly.