Actually, here’s the last word. Illegal drugs can have a more devestating (fatal) effect in a much shorter period of time than tobacco or alcohol. People can use tobacco and alcohol and still function in society. A few too many shots of tequilla may make you wish you hadn’t done them, but too many shots of heroin will kill you. If this is to be a balanced argument, tobacco has to be removed from the mix. I work with people who break for a cigarette a few times a day and return to work. I don’t believe their day would be the same if they were to break for a few snorts of cocaine during the work day. I can’t even imagine a society where corporate america is marketing what are now illegal drugs. Your favorite brand of cocaine on billboards, in magazines, or sponsoring your favorite Nascar driver. Illegal or legal, someone is going to make money from the sale. Now that we have proclaimed the last word, we can finally put this inane discussion to rest. I can’t believe I wasted my time participating in this ridiculous discussion.