When it comes to weed, LSD, mushrooms, ecstasy I can agree about the need to lift the prohibition, however I don't agree that there is a place for legal heroin, crack and meth.

While it might eliminate some of the street level violence, there will always be an underground market and as the market shrinks the corners become more valuable, so this might actually increase the violence in the poorer communities where they could not afford to purchase legally.

Certain drugs absolutely lead to no where but a physical dependence and addiction, the user loses sight of everything except getting their fix, eventually when they can no longer hold a job and they turn to robbery and theft to get the money for the next hit.

I have only met a couple of recreational crackheads and responsible junkies in my life. Lives are lost to more than just the gun.