All recreational drugs should be decriminalised.

I'm going to split the sections of my argument into different topics:1: FreedomIf you live in a truly free country, should you not be able to put what you want into your body, provided you are not harming others? Why is it the business of the government if someone smokes cannabis in their own home, if people decide to take LSD at a party, etc? They are not harming anyone, consenting adults should be given the right to make their own decisions as to what they want to do with their body, it isn't up for anyone else to decide. To allow alcohol and tobacco to be perfectly legal and yet ban other illegal drugs, many of which are not as harmful as alcohol or tobacco, is hypocritical and insane.2: Drug addiction is a health problem, not a crimePeople addicted to drugs should not be treated as criminals and thrown into jail, because they aren't criminals, they are people who have taken a wrong turn in their life who need and deserve help, rather than being punished.3: Black marketWhen you criminalise something, you create a black market for it. Black markets mean lower quality of product, lower quality of product means higher risk, and thus a higher number of people are suffering from heath issues as a result of a lower standard of drug. Simply look at what happened during the 1920's prohibition, alcohol produced was mixed with god knows what, and many, many people ended up with severe health issues, as well as alcohol-related deaths RISING, rather than falling. A creation of a black market also means money is now going to the hands of criminals, when it could be legalised, made into a profitable business for the U.S. Similarly, the rise of gangs means the streets are more dangerous with shootings, violence, turf disputes being a problem. By having these drugs illegal, we are literally creating organised crime groups, because there is just so much profit to be made when something is illegal.4: Drugs are easier to get hold of than ever beforeThe prices of illegal drugs has not increased since the war on drugs began, but instead fallen, as well as purity being much, much higher. An example would be cocaine; in 1981 it cost roughly $550 for a gram of pure cocaine, whereas in 2003 it cost only $100 per pure gram (this is adjusted for inflation, also)[1]. Similarly, the average purity of cocaine in 1981 was roughly 40%, whereas in 2003 it was around 70%, that's a 30% jump[2], which means people now have more readiily available, more pure cocaine than they could have ever gotten before the war on drugs.5: The war on drugs simply isn't workingHere are a few statistics: "45.3% of U.S. 12th graders reported having used marijuana once or more in their lifetime, with 22.9% reporting use in the previous 30 days."[3] "21.8 million Americans ages 12 and older told researchers they had used illegal drugs in the past month; that’s 8.7% of the population."[4]. With statistics like this, can you honestly say that criminalising these drugs is working? The war on drugs is, quite simply, a multi-billion dollar per year waste of tax money. This isn't even to mention the huge cost and strain the U.S puts on its prison system from millions of drug users, are these people really "criminals"? Is it worth putting a guy who smokes marijuana in prison, which costs roughly $22,000 per year to maintain? These people aren't murderers, they aren't rapists, they are just people who want to enjoy recreational drugs in their own time, why should they be punished for such a thing, and more importantly, why should we be paying for it?References:[1]: https://www.ncjrs.gov.... 20[2]: https://www.ncjrs.gov...[3]: http://adai.uw.edu...;[4]: http://healthland.time.com...