I do think it&#x27;s important to consider what you mean when you say &#x27;drugs&#x27;. Alcohol is not the same thing as weed, which is not the same thing as heroin. Putting all &#x27;drugs&#x27; together in one category muddles up the conversation, and this is worsened by separating them into legal and illegal in ways that don&#x27;t really make sense.<p>While I&#x27;m not necessarily all in favor of weed, for example, I&#x27;m convinced that legalizing it, simply because of its properties, will not lead to even a fraction of the deaths that legalized alcohol use does.<p>It&#x27;s difficult to discuss any kind of position when we use a term as vague as &#x27;drugs&#x27;.