As I stated previously Susan, "I would be the last person to minimize the harm that people who abuse alcohol do in this country..."

I agree with you that the less than 1% of drinkers that do cause harm should be prevented from ever causing harm again and made to pay restitution to those they have harmed.

I do not agree that drugs should be legalized. If drug users would "stay put" now while using or impaired, it's unlikely that they would ever be arrested but the fact is that they don't and they won't if drugs are legalized. The other problem is that drug users are rarely much in the wage earning department and the fact that some burger-flipping stoner is court ordered to pay you $100,000 for killing your child in an accident would be of little comfort or actual compensation.