I did state that, that definition was not all inclusive but I also do not think you are showing that most people who do these activities do them irresponsibily. I agree that the many problems with these types of activities go unreported and under reported but as such they are almost impossible to make factual statments about, that was why I chose that definition, as I think it works functionaly for this purpose, I still believe this.

As for your question, I do not think the continued criminalization of marijuana does anything to help the "idiots" as they use now, will use tomorrow, and most likely, short of a global genocide of hemp plants, will continue to do so into the future. Legalizing allows control and regulation, and a source of revenue to be used to handle the negative side effects or make up for the costs that are transfered to nonusers, that is the point I was making.