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. 

What does society gain when drugs are legalised? Does it increse GDP? Does it feed straving children? Does it build a better world for our descendants than a socity identical to ours that did not legalise drugs?

Answer is; there is no end benifit. The world would probibly be berrter off without alchohol too. Legalising any more drugs than are already legal (beer&ciggarettes) would create problems; not solve them.

Time you spend high is time that could be spent making the world a better place/ being productive. From an economic standpoint; the opportunity cost of getting high exceeds the utility gained from it.