This is a tough issue. I always try to approach it from the standpoint of individual rights. But on the whole the world seems to care less and less about individual rights and freedom as it veers steadily back towards totalitarianism and centralized control over economic life as well as social life.

But the reason I approach it from a legalize and rights issue is because the drug war IS the problem. People who are addicted to hard drugs die because of the war on drugs for the most part. They commit crime because of the war on drugs. If someone wants to smoke meth all day and blow their brains out its not my problem unless they get paranoid and crazy or if its someone I love but then the problem is not the drug its the person using the drug. That person needs help and support from family and friends not the government throwing them in prison.

The more people support government control over our lives the less likely the war on drugs will ever change. We need an attitude of live and let live but sadly in the public sphere I think that attitude is dieing fast.