Lepeep is absolutely bang on here, so i'm not going to repeat his arguments. Speaks volumes that theres no hard evidence to support any explosion of addicts to hard drugs such as crack or heroin, and the tremendous success rates in Switzerland for drugs rehab with these substances rather than methodone which is often inaffective. The other school of thought is the idea of personal choice here - why should we be able to regulate what people put into their own bodies? If such people then need help, then we can deal with it in a quick and effective way. Banning drugs is pure laziness, rather than programs to show the real dangers of hard drugs (most of the school ones aren't very good at all). I do think its important to outline that there are big big differences between hard and soft drugs. Basically, it comes down to people being responsible and finding their own personal limits, not taking away their right to choose and to find out for themselves.