>But I would consider someone terribly deluded if they thought that legalizing the drug would lessen its use or abuse. Making the drug legal would make it more commonly used and more abused >than the terrible levels it is abused at now.

Why? I can't think of a single example of where this is true. I've even read web pages which sited information which pointed to the opposite. I know of one example off the top of my head, and that would be the repeal of Prohibition, which lead to less alchohol consumption and violence in general. What example are you pulling from? Just curious.

Melanie