re: RE: legalizing recreational drugs and selling them in shops

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This is sickeningly true. The "war on drugs" is a fricking welfare program.

In Kentucky we even have "drug courts" that are supposed to help the convicted turn their lives around, unite with their families and become productive citizens. That hardly ever happens but the courts add judges, bailiffs, clerks, social workers, etc. to a burgeoning taxpayer liability.

All drugs should be legalized and taxed. Drug courts should be abolished.

Tax revenue from drugs could fund mental health programs that would find people who abuse substances in their attempts to deal with mental illnesses. Presently, Kentucky leads the nation in overdose deaths because our junkies lurk in the shadows.

We need to bring drug use out into the open, let the recreational user enjoy them and help those who become dependent upon them. It's a win-win for everyone.

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That wouldn't stop the black marketing of drugs ... just like liquor stores have not stopped moonshining. To the contrary, moonshining is on a major upswing here in this country.

You cannot legislate morality.

So should we also legalize prostitution throughout the country ... answer: no.

Let the states decide.

Let the states decide everything ... including gambling. And, most importantly, including gun rights.

The problem is that the federal government is too involved in our lives and for none of the right reasons.

Let the states decide then let people move to and live in the states that fit their belief systems.

All problems would be solved.