I am definitely anti-drugs, but I have heard in depth the same sort of proposal that Joe is talking about, and I tend to agree that it would be the most efficient approach. It would zap the obscene profits out of it and put a lot of dealers out of business. Tell that to a lot of the anti-drug crowd though and they will look at you like they just saw your head spin around all the way.

AlaskaVX, I know what you mean about blind ignorance. There are, for example, a few amendments up for a vote here in the Florida that will almost certainly pass solely because they sound good, and taken at face value, no one would vote against them. Most people probably won't dig a little deeper.