I say legalize all drugs.  Otherwise how the fuck are you going to stop the Mexican drug cartels?  Legalizing drugs would demystify the drugs and usage rates go down with legalization.  The only reason why people say marijuana is a gateway drug is because you have to go to drug dealers usually to buy it.  Those drug dealers sometimes push other drugs.  People that go to the store to buy cigarettes aren't offered crack, meth or other drugs.  They are given cigarettes and sent on their way.  When you go to a drug dealer that sells weed he might suggest you trying another drug.  Make all drugs legal and end this pointless and costly drug war.  A business should be able to drug screen if they want to though.  If you don't want crack heads working at your job (even though it is legal) then you should be allowed to deny them.  You know who is the biggest pusher for keeping drugs illegal?  Private prisons and drug testing companies.  They have the most to lose.  USA leads the world in incarcerated people due to the drug war.  Drug war is a failure and Reagan's "legacy" should be forever shamed in pushing the war on drugs to new heights.

I wouldn't call Tobacco infinitly worse.  It doesn't really provide any upsides, but it's not more unhealthy then Marijuana.

Some health studies make it look worse but that's largely because they compare pack a day smokers to people who get high  a couple times a month.

Same usage rates, cancer worries are likely the same.

I call bullshit.   Most early studies of marijuana were improperly done.  They involved heavily smoking a monkey out to the point of oxygen deprivation.  This lead to the belief that marijuana kills brain cells when in fact it was oxygen deprivation that kills brain cells. 

I agree with everything you have said. 

Cept, as I said, unsure about meth, any maybe a few others.  But if cocaine was as legal as coffee I think we would have not be a Cartel/Gang Problem and in a few short years, no Meth problem.  People do meth because they can't get other things.  And many, get totally addicted to it.  Part of the reason it ruins lives is because it's so expensive and illegal.

I've work with so many entrepreneurs and Hollywood types.  Other than it being illegal, Cocaine isn't a bigger deal to me than a large glass of coffee.

And yes, when California was about to make Marijuana legal - the alcohol and prison companies spent multi millions to make sure that didn't happen.  But it happened anyway in Washington and Colorado.  I think it's a matter of work and time.

All i know is that I 100% support the legalization of marijuana along with other drugs.

The drug wars of today are no different from the prohibition in the 30's, and possibly worse in terms of overall deaths caused.

What about the tens of thousands of people who for doing something that the President himself admited to doing go to jair for potentially dozens of years ensuring you're not only ruining their lives and increasing the probability that they will turn to serious crime but also ensure that they don't pay taxes but taxes and taxes are wasted on keeping them locked up?

What about the gang activity by giving criminals a highly profitable industry where in the crossfire they not only kill themselves but innocent bystanders that cost us billions to police every year?

What about medical marijuana for people who swear by it and live constant agony without it?

Are the above anough for you to consider supporting legalization?

People have never died from overdosing on marijuana compared to hundereds of thousands on marijuana so there is no comparison between the two in terms of destructive influence.

Supporting?  No, not really.  I don't care one way or the other.  I got away from marijuana, and I'm glad I did, but I don't care if someone else does it.  Why are you preaching to me?

As for your questions, going to jail for dozens of years?  What are you talking about?  Most cops don't even want to bother with simple possession charges.  I've seen with my own eyes police take small amounts of marijuana away and do nothing but give people a warning (and a very hard time) for it.  If you're going to jail for a long time then you got busted with enough to be considered a dealer, and probably not even then.

Legal or not, doesn't matter to me.  I'm done with drug culture, I'm done with party culture.  I will say, however, that people who think the world will suddenly be rainbows and kittens if drugs are made legal are fooling themselves.  Some problems might go away but others will take their place.  I mean, it's not like gangs in povery stricken areas will suddenly say, "oh, hey, let's all be friends."

My brother almost died from nicotine poisoning.  but he wasnt just smoking it,  He found this powdered snorting tobaco and was heavily abusing it.

Huh?