...So I haven’t read all these posts. Shame on me.

But I think you CAN legislate morality. Indeed, all laws are an attempt to do just that. We say driving too fast is wrong, underage drinking is wrong and running a stop sign is wrong. All attempts to legislate what is right and wrong…which is, in the end, what we call “morality.”

The grand experiment of The Netherlands hasn’t turned out exactly as hoped. Having pot-addled people on the streets isn’t really what most people want for their communities. Ditto most other drugs.

If we can all agree that abuse of any drug is bad (including alcohol) then why can’t we say that legislating against it is good?

No law will stop people from TRYING to get away with things (see: speed limits) but they will create a society that sees reckless behavior as bad…and from where I sit, that’s good!

I know all the arguments about prostitution and drugs; I just think we have to “take a stand.” We have to say; “This isn’t acceptable in our community/state/nation.

In addition, we have to state clearly, “We’ll give you all the help you need.”

Pilt