Reply #76: Agree.

[Gold Metal Flake]

I would forbid advertisements for drugs. To make it fair, I would eliminate all advertising for alcoholic and tobacco products as well. Word of mouth will suffice. Naturally there would be a huge backlash by the alcohol and tobacco industries, but if we assume that we can actually get drugs legalized, we should also assume that there is such a changed socio-political climate as to allow the people to tell the alcohol and tobacco industries to FO.

All drug compounds must be made within the United States. No importing from other countries. Put our people to work, and do not solicit purchases from countries that might not share our new drug policy. Wanna bring in pot or poppy seeds? Get an approval and do it. No uncontrolled movement, however.

This would solve the question of industrial hemp once and for all, goddammit.

All the societal restrictions would apply, like DUI/DWI and public intoxication. However, we would have to work to keep fundy-types and control-freak constabulatories from enacting draconian restrictions. I would expect that Amsterdamonian (eh, it was fun to type) coffee shops to spring up, and zoning them 10 miles out of town near the Memorial Twenty Foot Turd Stack is bullshit.

Companies would still sniff pee. That's a separate struggle.

Imagine, billions of dollars of waste, deadly gang activity, rampant corruption and the egregious loss of our liberties ended.