[mycroft-holmes]

You're correct. My point was directed more towards people, like the parent I was replying to, who defend government actions simply because something is illegal. It would be equivalent to defending people who returned escaped slaves back in the day because it was the law to do so at the time.

[asocial]

Which would you rather have? Police enforcing the laws, or police enforcing whatever they personally felt was right?

If you disagree with the morality of a law, fine - but your assertion that enforcing drug laws is as immoral as enforcing slavery laws is debatable