I did notice a topic about drugs, in a recreational way.
But I'd like to discuss the ethics and opinions about drugs in this topic.

Many people have an opinion about drugs.
What really is a problem is that most people draw the line after marihuana, while they forget that there are a lot of different types of 'drugs' that aren't as dangerous as many people think they are.

One of my main questions is this:

What is your opinion about "the War on Drugs"?

It has always been a big issue here, in the Netherlands.
There are generally two groups of people here.
The first group wants to ban drugs in its entirety,
the second group wants to legalize drugs and regulate it in a smart and educating manner.

Looking at statistics on drug use in the Netherlands and in the surrounding countries it's obvious that we can conclude that the drug use in the surrounding countries is actually higher than in the Netherlands itself, where soft drugs are legalized.

So does prohibition really help and prevent people from using it?
I think it does not.

I think by legalizing it the people who sell drugs in an illegal way will be unable to do their job. They will realize that they can't sell their drugs for the huge amount of money they were used to do. Add to this the fact that once drugs will be sold legally the possibility of control and regulation will become a lot easier.
Because it is legal a market will be created with a lot of competition on the quality and price.

Let me get it straight that there are a lot more different "drugs" than most people think. Here's a small list:

Marihuana
Coffee
Alcohol
Tabacco
Magic Mushrooms
LSD
Salvia Divinorum
Ayahuasca
DMT
Mescaline
Opium
Amphetamine
Methamphetamine
Ketamine
Ecstacy
Cocaine
Heroine

Proven is that only a small amount of the above 'drugs' are actually addictive.

Recently, the Dutch government decided to ban Magic Mushrooms.
The minister of public health made this decision against his scientific advisors who had a research on Magic Mushrooms and concluded that they aren't dangerous at all.

Here's a video about it on Dutch television: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGAgR6DV5XE

And another video about drugs in general: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw8AL0CVXIo

I'd like to conclude this post with 12 reasons why drugs should be legalized.