A very good high school friend of mine has battled drug addiction for ten years. I talked to him on the phone recently and we discussed this topic. He told me that he thinks pot should be legalized because according to him "all pot smokers will find a way", and "it's relatively harmless". But he was AGAINST the legalization of hard drugs, claiming, "if meth was legal, I'd be dead".

This guy is a great person. He works, supports his family and is a good citizen, aside from the fact he smokes pot daily. I don't hold that against him. He has experimented with most "hard drugs". He claims that they are all highly addictive (more than booze) and they should NEVER be legalized. He told me that one reason he stays away from "hard drugs" is that they are illegal and he doesn't want to go to jail...again.