[quote=@Mammalia] I suppose you're right. But in the end, our laws come from the morals of the nation. If the majority of the nation holds to the morality that the use of drugs is wrong, then the laws they make will reflect that. Morality is absolute, like David said--and, therefore, immorality should be punished. If the majority of a nation considers that something is immoral, then, naturally, it will do what it can to make sure the immoral minority cannot practise their immorality. And such a thing will be right in the eyes of the nation. Therefore, we have no right to deride the government for punishing immorality when we ourselves believe such things to be wrong. Finally, God punishes immorality, whether or not he forces us to believe. If you do wrong, you will eventually be punished for your wrongdoing, and if God wishes to use the laws of the nation to do so, who are we to argue? [/quote] And the purpose for our democracy is to let even the minority to express how they feel the government should execute its actions. I feel the way I do, and that's fine even though I may not be in the majority. I'm not exactly flipping out over here because people get arrested for using marijuana, but this is how I feel. If a person needs punished, God will find a way to punish them without the state's involvement. It's not like it is a necessity for the state to do so. I'm not arguing with God, I'm arguing with my fellow humans.