"Legalize it!" AGAIN, I implore the states and feds to implement sane drug policies!

Illegal drugs are, needless to say, illegal. But the criteria explaining why they are banned are arbitrary at best. Alcohol is not illegal, except in certain specified circumstances (open container in a moving vehicle, etc.) for adults. Coffee is a much more serious drug than acknowledged, but it's legal. Marijuana is thankfully legal in Colorado and Washington, but the Federal Government stubbornly refuses to see sense with respect to cannabis policy. A wide variety of prescription drugs - many far more damaging than marijuana or "shrooms" - are legal with a doctor's authorization. Our punitive and regressive policies of prohibition do more harm than the drugs that they outlaw. We need full legalization, with social and medical oversight. I've been to Holland, and while hard drugs are still illegal there, the overall situation is far better! “Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself; and where they are, they should be changed. Nowhere is this more clear than in the laws against possession of marijuana in private for personal use... Therefore, I support legislation amending Federal law to eliminate all Federal criminal penalties for the possession of up to one ounce [28g] of marijuana.”