I'm agreeing with what you are saying Mr. Anon. We can not continue to fill our law books with what I call "feel good" laws.

Regarding alcohol, it's already been illegal in the US once. Anyone remember that from history class? Remember what happened then? No one can use the reasoning of "it hurts" anything in regards to that because history has already taught us that it caused more damage and harm to our citizens and society than it helped when it was illegal.

Let's not repeat history for God's sake. Let's learn for our past and strengthen our future by with that knowledge. And what I mean by that is, do you know any young people? Have you shared the truth about alcohol or tobacco with them? I am not talking about scare tactics either, I am talking about sharing the honest truth about these substances and then stepping back and letting them make the decision in regards to using them or not. When I was in HS, the bad effects of cigs were not widely publizied or even known. Many of us HS kids started smoking without that knowledge and I honestly think if we gave our children today the truth of these substances and let them make the decision on their own, they'd choose to walk away from it. Most of what I see today though it shoving it down their throats like they are 4 year olds and using scare tactics, those measures never worked and they never will.

There are some drugs that I do not think should be legal at all. Marijuana is not one of them, neither are cigarettes or alcohol. Cocaine, crack cocaine, herioin or any other drug derived from natural means (other than marijauna) should be illegal. Crystal meth and other belong in the illegal category also, IMO. Marijuana is another ballgame regardless of what the polititiians and media would like for you to believe (and no I do not smoke it).

As for alcohol and tobacco, we need to educate our fellowmen with that and allow them to make their own choice as to what and how to handle that. Yes, it'd be nice to live in a society where there were no additions to anything, but we don't, and we can not place that control over our society and still claim "freedom", we're already having our freedoms restricted way to much as it is today.