Its great to see this actually being mentioned, but government will do nothing to implement logic or good sense untill it wins them votes, and the media is anti-drugs, it sells 'fear for your kids' stories and makes good (though inaccurate) press. untill someone in power actually has the courage to do whats right and act on their convictions nothing will change and people will die and crimes will be committed to fund drug habits. all fact and well establised.

   "While our drug laws cannot be expected to eliminate drug misuse, there is no doubt that they do help to limit use and deter experimentation." In other words: "Fewer users are preferred over fewer deaths. Let the people who want to use drugs risk killing themselves as long as it decreases the probability of my son/daughter trying drugs." This is the same attitude as that of the alcohol prohibitionist Irving Fisher: "Prohibitionists such as Irving Fisher lamented that the drunkards must be forgotten in order to concentrate the benefits of Prohibition on the young. Prevent the young from drinking and let the older alcoholic generations die out." (http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-157.html) Replace "drunkards"/"alcoholic[s]" with "drug users" and the quote from this article displays the same attitude as that of Irving Fisher, a supporter of alcohol prohibition in the US from 1920-1933 which was a complete failure.

   Well this makes a whole lot of sense.

Taking drugs is not a criminal matter and making it so has not solved anything - anyone wanting to take drugs will still do so, but it has caused a whole lot of additional problems which shouldn't even be related to drug use.

It would likely result in an initial rise in drug use however this would soon level off, just look at contries where certain drugs are legal/regulated. Is everybody taking them?

If drug sales were regulated, drug traffickers/dealers would be out of business. Drug users would be able to get a cleaner, safer product, without the worry of being arrested.

That's a whole lot of criminal activity, funding for criminal activity and costs to catch and jail these criminals all wiped out in one go, with the added bonus of additional tax money from the sale of regulated, legal drugs!