To the fellow who reported above that he sees no problem making Alcohol illegal I say this:
Have you not learned the lesson of history? Look at the prohibition era.
Do you want to do away with the Kiddush since we would not be able to have wine?
True if you are a person who drinks excessively you will have long term sickness and have many problems in life.
Alcholism is a real and terrible illness. But that said, it is not endemic in our population. It is prevalent and it is something that we have a program for in our AA programs and other detoxification programs. We are a modern society.
So I would never suggest making Alcohol illegal.
The only problem I see with marijuana being illegal is that there is a horrible market for illegal drugs and there are many innocents who are slaughtered due to the war on drugs.