MikeB4:
Can you explain to me, (genuine interest) how legalising (decriminalising) will reduce the collateral damage, family violence and other violence, etc etc?
The article I quoted right back on the first page goes into 54 pages of detail on those very topics, using the actual examples of Portugal and the Czech Republic as examples counter to, say, Mexico where the use of force against the drug gangs has caused the murder rate to climb so far it has literally reduced the average life expectancy in that country.