@gungasnake,
Quote:Do all of that, and the drug problem and 70% of all urban crime will vanish within two years.
That's not very considerate of you...Police need anti-drug laws just like they needed prohibition . You dont want to go back to old days of pimp money do you ?
You have a compelling argument, one I have heard before and find sensible .
Recovery from addiction is a lot harder when the other effects of it being illegal are factored in....cant hold a job, must commit crime to get by, prostitution, selling children, the list is as horrific as it is long .
By the age of 30, drug addicts have either died or given up drugs . Perhaps we could limit drug use even further by addressing the youth problem .
If we look at the gin/rum problems of earlier years, they were based more on very poor food and bad economic times . Most people did not want to take the drugs, they were suffering from depression .
You would still need anti-drug laws though to protect children from stupid parents and to stop the marketing of simply dangerous drugs that would be made illegal . Also I dont like the idea of smoking marijuana ...we are trying to get rid of a very dagerous drug now, tobacco and are having a difficult time .