Originally Posted by kane

There are a few drugs like Meth and Heroin that I could see keeping illegal because in the end they very well could end up hurting society as a whole. Meth is so addictive that most people are full blown addicts after using the drug just a couple of times so I could see how people could try it at a party just for fun and end up going down a really bad road. Plus the recovery rate for meth is about 10-15% so most people who get on it never get back off it. Heroin is kind of the same thing. The recovery rate is a little bit higher, but not much. I could see situations where if these were legal more people might try them and get hooked on them and then everyone else ends up paying for them because they either resort to crime to pay for their habits or they end up in a rehab or jail and the tax payers pick up the tab.

But weed is a different story. A ton of people smoke it on occasion and never have a problem. It is no more addictive than regular cigarettes or booze.