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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"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."

You think without recreational drugs like beer, cigs and pot the world would just work harder? as if these are the three pillars of laziness and without them a wonderful productive utopia will emerge? please. yeah maybe there would be some small benifits from lowered consumptiton, but overall, casting prohibition of anything creates a dangerous underground for that commidity. The first prohibition of alcohol did indeed reduce small household violence and petty crime, but it gave rise to murders, robberies and gang warfare over the production and distribution of said commodity.

alcohol is far more dangerous than pot ever could be, and it sits on some kind of golden throne as the 'drug wars' rage below. More people die through alcohol related accidents and illnesses than most major illegal drugs out on the market, esp pot.