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. 

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You just got a clogged artery from eating too many chips. You are rushed to the hospital. You die. A nurse loses hope at seeing yet another death and kills herself. That chip just killed someone else. Extreme example? Yes, but possible.

You just ate too many chips. You lose a bit of self control. I mean, it's just a few chips, what is lost? Next time, your craving becomes stronger, and you are more likely to indulge. But it isn't just overeating you start to indulge in, it's kiddie porn, and verbal abuse, and physical abuse. It is a slippery slope.

Have you ever heard of the Butterfly Effect? I'm sure you have, as EVERYONE has. Every flap of a butterfly's wing can potentially create a typhoon on the other side of the globe. But wait, a butterfly's flap of the wings doesn't affect anyone, right? I mean, because I say so, right?

There is absolutely no way that you can keep your actions from affecting someone else. You could off yourself, but the lack of you existing, consuming materials, an idle conversation you may have had if you continued to live would be lost, and you affected others by doing nothing.