NNH1254

I use Yahoo most of the time, but I like GMail better (the only reason I don't use GMail all the time is that everyone already uses my yahoo account and I don't think it'd be worth it to switch). I don't really have a strong preference either way though.

I'm NNH1254, I'm obviously new. I just started a site at a host that someone recommended, but it turns out it has a lot of downtime, so I'm trying here. Nice to meet you if you're reading this.

I use FireFox2 primarily, though I downloaded Opera yesterday and I might end up using it more often. I have IE7 though I don't like it since it's not entirely standards compliant, at least 7 does transparent PNG images.

I've never used marijuana or any illegal drugs, and never plan to, but I think it should be legalized for all of the reasons SilverFox stated along with a few related ones. First, like foolakadugie said, they put a lot of tax money towards keeping people in jail for drug charges (especially in NY, with the Rockefeller laws), in addition to money and police time enforcing the laws, the lawyers, etc. All that money could be put to far better use, like education (perhaps educating people about the dangers of marijuana, instead of sticking posters up telling people it's illegal as though they didn't already know). Also, if it was legal, it could be taxed, like cigarettes. Additionally, if it was legal, high school teachers wouldn't be expected to teach about how long you'll spend in jail if you do it, they could teach about the health effects of it (teaching about health in health class, crazy, no?). People who are addicted to it aren't very likely to seek help if they know they could go to jail for 20 years of their life because of it, if marijuana were considered the same way cigarettes are, it'd be much different.