Drug Legalization

What do you all think? I say pot should be legalized immediately.  About one person every 40 seconds gets arrested for smoking marijuana - an activity which, in and of itself, doesn't hurt anyone but the health of the user.  Making marijuana legal would strengthen and reaffirm the notion that an individual has the liberty to do with his property and his body as he pleases - so long as he does not harm another human in the process.

Furthermore, I think police resources would be far better used hunting down REAL violent criminals, such as murderers, robbers, rapists, etc, rather than harassing and imprisoning people for peacefully enjoying a joint while sitting in their home.

Of those arrested in 2005 for marijuana use/possession, 88% were charged with possession only - indicating that the vast majority of marijuana users are not harming anyone and should be free to pursue their happiness by smoking a joint, if that does it for them. 

Almost 94 million americans have admitted to having used marijuana at some point or other in their lives, including presidents, congressman, and even supreme court justices. 

>>11
I've never heard such bullshit in my life.  If I sit in my basement and smoke pot, it doesn't harm anyone but myself.  Furthermore, as for your story about the guy eating a lot and getting ridiculously obese, again, that doesn't harm anyone but the guy who is doing it. 

>>15
"On the other hand, people who drive SUVs should pay more, since they get a better chance ofgoo survival at the expense of everyone else in traffic."

Don't SUVs roll over pretty easilly and are thus not safer? Yeah they are kindof a hazard to other people, but I would say only if you actually get in a crash with one.  I think there shouldn't be special penalties for driving an SUV unless you actually get in a crash in which you were at fault.  I know what you mean though, you should see all the bitches driving SUVS around where I live.  I like my solution because it doesn't infringe upon the freedom to choose the vehicle you want, while simultaneously punishing people who drive recklessly/like assholes.

>>11
"So, can doing something bad for yourself be good for other people? I think not."

You don't HAVE to do GOOD things for other people - you just can't HARM them.  You don't need to care for others, you just need to live and let live.  Simple as that.  The law and the government are there to protect people from the actions of other people (i.e. criminals).  It is not there to arbitrarilly infringe upon other people's natural liberties.