Marijuana legalisation

[Safira]

Personally, I wouldn't legalise it.
My friend was hit by a car. The driver was an addict. (She's fine, by the way)
Alcoholism is already an issue as it is; people getting drunk and ending their own and others' lives.
Imagine if there was another outlet which made you do so? Worse still, legal ?

I mean no disrespect for the USA, but let's take their 'Right to bear arms'. The amount of shootings both purposefully and accidental have made numerous countries question this aspect of the Constitution. "Gunman, 3 years old, accidentally shoots mother's pistol after reaching into handbag for iPod" . Why does his mother need a gun? To protect herself from... Guns? Well, there's the issue. In my opinion, it's quite clearly a right which people exploit, yet the government can do nothing because these people will start an uproar.
It'll be the same with legalising drugs. Yes; a lower crime rate. Perhaps that's because you've legalised one of the largest illegal activites? People who would never think about drugs, knowing of the consequences, could either be tempted or pressured into trying, because it's just across the counter at Tesco.

Just because people do it already, doesn't make it okay.
I mean, it's illegal for a reason, right?