I appreciate your opinions, but I have not been pursuaded to change my stance on the legalization of illicit drugs.
Drugs are illegal because they are dangerous.
Drugs are not dangerous because they are illegal. Enclosed you will find a copy of a floor statement that I made on the 23 of January to address these, as well as other arguments made by those who favor legalization. I believe you will find all of your concerns addressed there. I would like to update certain points with additional information that has been released since this statement was made. Marijuana users are 79 times as likely as those who do not use marijuana to go on to harder drugs.