Why do you think Drugs are OK?

[Michael-5]

Wow...I never realized so many Americans were Anti-Government. I think people should put a lot more faith in their government, and I think criminal codes should be federal, not state. This may be why Canada has a much lower drug abuse/criminal rate then the USA.

As for drugs, I don't like how some drugs are okay, and other drugs, which are less harmfull are not.

People are starting to become more okay with weed, and honestly I think it would be a good commodity to tax. Alcohol is more damaging to your body then marijuana because it really destroys your liver. Marijuana does harm the lungs, but much less then a cigarette because it doesn't have the thousand added chemicals to control the burning. Legalized Marijuana might be as bad as a cigarette, but people who smoke weed smoke significantly less then those who smoke tobacco.

I'm not 100% sure if Weed should be legalized, In Canada the law is 30 grams or less (equivalent to 30 joints) is considered non-criminal on the first offence, and only punished by fine. I think the second offence and third offence should be decriminalized, and I'm 50/50 on it being legalized.

Harder drugs however, like those based on Opium or Meth, are not okay IMO. Opium based drugs like Morphene and is derivatives Heroine and Codene are extremely addictive, and really are not safe for human use except for heavily controled environments like hospitals. Morphene Is so strong that only a couple drops are used to treat patients with severe pain, a couple drops overdose can lead to death. It's very very easy to overdose on Opium based drugs. Meth isn't a problem in Canada, and Heroine is pretty small, but Exstacy is huge here, and that also isn't okay

To be honest, I think Marijuanna should be legalized, and the money made on taxation should be used to fight a war on exstacy, and be used to improve rehabilitation programs such as CAMH (Center for Adiction and Metal Health). So done right, legalizing this drug which over 50% of high school students have used already, would be better. Plus the weed will be cleaner, no added "Angel Dust" or anything.