The War on Drugs is a Failure

[mentalfloss]

Pot, MDMA, mushrooms -- all are generally less harmful than cigarettes, tylenol and alcohol.

 

[karrie]

The political heavies are dwindling. More and more states are changing.

However... any country would be nuts to allow the opiates to be legal. I don't care if you support weed being legal but I am sure many of us know at least one person that is/was addicted to OXY. You get hooked on that... bu bye.

Check out Portugals policies and success.

 

[Retired_Can_Soldier]

Go into the drug infested areas of Detroit Cliffy where Crack and Meth are destroying people. While I'm not an advocate of arresting people for use of marijuana or hash, I think the Fed needs to be aggressive with these far worse drugs.

Pot, MDMA, mushrooms -- all are generally less harmful than cigarettes, tylenol and alcohol.

MDMA destroys people. And on a personal note, I was left for dead at 17 after overdosing on mushrooms which are essentially poison.