The War on Drugs is unconstitutional, immoral, and a complete failure.

The Government has a responsibility to protect it's citizens. Allowing a person to ingest illegal (or in your perfect world) legal mind altering substances is hardly a "responsible" government practice. The scenario that drug users will safely do their mind, mood, and motor skills changing substances alone in their home is rediculious. Having people leading their ordinary lives on drugs is a serious threat to those around them. Would you want your nanny on heroine, your dentist on oxycodone, or the trucker next to you on the highway on Methanphetamines? Even marijuana slows your decision making skills. How would you enforce "practical" use for extremely addictive, and dangerous substances? That are known for frequent abuse. That would be even more impossible than the present war on drugs presently is. Regarding your top 3 Reasons: 1. Highly addictive substances KNOWN to be abused should, and always will be controlled, and in some cases prohibited. 2. A mentally handicapped individual cannot drive, and has a limited roll in society in accordance to his or her abilities. These special people also probably have loved ones helping them with the tasks that they cannot do themselves. Those individuals did not CHOOSE to not function normally in society. Also, we dont' put our present "drugies" to death... they're just nucances to society. NUCANCES... because of babies being born addicted to drugs, accidents hurting innocent people because of detered reflexes and decison making skills, and unstabilty causing unsafety for all the people that come in contact with the person, ingesting foreign chemicals into their body for personal gratification. 3. GENERAL FAMILY VALUES IN CONTRADICTION WITH DRUG USE: Not only is this a Christian argument... it's a moral one. A mother addicted to crack(or any other drug) is NOT going to be the nurturing woman she could be otherwise. PERIOD. A gay person's love will not cause innocent people to be effected because of lack of judgment and awareness. This debate is not over the Government allowing gay marriage... it's over the Government allowing irresponsible practices that can take over a person's life, and overide previous values. What about the rights of those in danger or foreign chemical users? "drug addicts need help, not prison" Your right... drug addicts do need help. Your system would HELP them get the drugs they want! You don't go to jail for being an addict... you go to jail for doing crimes.With addiction comes irresponsibility, shrinking and lack of morals ,previously revered. The United States Government should not aid in this behaviour. Obviously, since there are drugs available thr system is not totally efficient; but it's keeping more people off drugs than your system would. This lucrative market you speak of will in turn be controled by the American government. THEY will choose: 1. Where the drugs come from 2. Who grows them, and makes a profit. 3. Potency 4. Where their sold. 5. How much they are taxed.What they DO with those taxes... 6. Quantities in which you could buy at a time. Giving the Government in which you say should have LESS contoll over this matter ULTIMATE control! This would not put drug lords out of buisness... it would help them with their taxes.