<< Why would legalization make drugs more available?  Ask any underage student whether it is easier to obtain illegal drugs or alcohol which is legal.  The drug dealer doesn't have to deal with checking ID before selling anything.  Liquor store operators go to jail if they are caught.  Drug dealers make more money in one day than a kid working a burger joint can make in a year. Make drugs legal, as we did alcohol, and usage will go down. In countries that legalize recreational marijuana, the average age of first use is much higher than in countries that keep it illegal. Also, if drugs are legalized, and regulated, the money incentive will go way down and it won't be worth killing over.  Ask yourself what rational person is fighting very hard to keep illegal drugs illegal - the drug dealers, that's who.  Then ask yourself how much this country spends on keeping drug violator imprisoned for life.  We lose productive members of society and we have to pay not only to feed, clothe and house them, but also for security systems and guards to keep them there.  And then figure out how much money the government can make in both license fees and taxes on recreational drugs.>>

I don't assume that legalization of drugs would go the same way as legalization and control of alcohol and cigarettes is done, because drugs are sold by supposedly legitimate sources in this country. Legalization would just ADD legal avenues without the illegal ones skipping a beat, imho.