I am a member of L.E.A.P. which is Law Enforcement Against Prohibition. Our view is making drugs illegal is the wrong thing to do when you can have the government regulate it and attach a tax to it and this tax can be used for other things such as schools and community projects.
If you take a rapist off the street you have taken a rapist off the street. If you take a drug dealer off the street you have only provided a business opportunity for the next person in line.
Sorry if this doesn't match with the thread, but it's late and I just saw canniboids and didn't read every post.