Legalize All Drugs by John Stossel on Creators.com - A Syndicate Of Talent

Legalize All Drugs by John Stossel on Creators.com - A Syndicate Of Talent: "The other day, reading the New York Post's popular Page Six gossip page, I was surprised to find a picture of me, followed by the lines: 'ABC'S John Stossel wants the government to stop interfering with your right to get high. … The crowd went silent at his call to legalize hard drugs' (http://tinyurl.com/6af6gv).

I had attended a Marijuana Policy Project event (www.mpp.org) celebrating the New York State Assembly's passage of a medical-marijuana bill. (The bill hasn't passed the Senate.) I told the audience I thought it pathetic that the mere half passage of a bill to allow sick people to try a possible remedy would merit such a celebration. Of course medical marijuana should be legal. For adults, everything should be legal. I'm amazed that the health police are so smug in their opposition.

After years of reporting on the drug war, I'm convinced that this 'war' does more harm than any drug.

Independent of that harm, adults ought to own our own bodies, so it's not intellectually honest to argue that 'only marijuana' should be legal — and only for certain sick people approved by the state. Every drug should be legal.

'How could you say such a ridiculous thing?' asked my assistant. 'Heroin and cocaine have a permanent effect. If you do crack just onc"