Didn't read page 3, but here we go:
FACT: To buy alcohol you need to be 21 (sure there are ways around this but the law states...), drug dealers don't card!
FACT: 65% of high school seniors (age 17-19) surveyed in 2008 said they drink because it's illegal- rebel factor.
FACT: 90% of pharmaceutics are chemical based. 90% of MMJ sold in the state of CA is unaltered by chemicals other than fertilizer and plant food.
FACT: DEA Lies aside, doctors have discovered that MDMA (key ingredient in ecstasy) has some psychological benefits for therapeutic treatments.
FACT: Since 2004 the US Government has spent over $20 BILLION/yr combating drugs. The average drug cartel income is estimated in the $600 BILLION/yr range (by some estimates one former DEA supervisor stated cartels, as long as there is demand in the US, have "Unlimited funding.")
FACT: The very definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over expecting different results.
I'm not saying legalize all illegal drugs, decriminalize- it's a different thing. Also, in Holland the government has pure and controlled heroin to help patients going through withdraw from addiction. They offer programs that are 150% more effective than what we have here. How about instead of $20-30B a year on the drug war, we spend no even 1/4 of that to help with education and rehab. Tolerate the less harmful drug use, and maybe nip the problem in the bud. Illegal or not, people are still going to use, it's common sense, why not let people have the freedom to choose, but before they do give them education that's not funded by pfizer and the other big pharma companies (I'm talking about DARE, since it seemed to work so well for me: in my life I've tried MDMA, Coke, weed, and even abused prescrip drugs, and I graduated DARE).