The war on drugs just is not working. The drugs will still get into the country via corrupt enforcement. Happens all the time.
They should legalize all drugs. You need to take the "Novelty" out of the picture.
Especially with cocaine. If you could go into a pharmacy and buy a trashbag of coke for 5 bucks, you are not even gunna want to bother consuming it all.
You need to make it worthless.
JMHO
Agreed 100% For those with existing drug problems, the "laws" are irrelevant, they have addiction problems and the LAW will never change how they are addicted.
Additionally, if you legalized coke right now, or meth or heroin etc. does that mean that the right minded people of the .Org are going to run out and get loaded, just because its legal? I know I wouldn't. I think its a false argument to say the REASON more people don't do drugs is BECAUSE they're illegal. I don't smoke cigarettes because I CHOSE not to (they're LEGAL too) because my education has taught me the potential long term consequences of abusing my body. Same with alcohol, again LEGAL, but something I vary rarely imbibe.
I can tell you a drug addiction I DO suffer from is Caffeine. I can't think of a day in recent history that I haven't had it in some form or other (coffee, soda, energy drink). After (some other .Org members gave me some advice/ educational reading) I learned that caffeine can have a severe connection to mood and health disorders I have cut WAY back and can honestly say I feel like a different person.
I think people would start growing it at home also. Whay buy it if you can grow it cheaper.It might slow down on some violence, but how about theft now your going to get someone comming into your house cas you grew some good pot, before you know it your plants are gone. While there in there they may see your dimond ring hmmm. Now the tax on the pot if you can buy seeds like garden vegies how much money they be making on that. Then the stuff you don't grow (you buy from the store) do you really think the cost off that isn't going to go down alot, the money that they say people make off selling pot if legal it would probably be one third, the more people selling something in a store the more competitave you have to be there for cheaper prices. What they don't show is all the jobs and money that the eligal drugs bring in. The cort house, the police, the drug divisions, the fines. Then the kids that will think it is ok to smoke pot. That will make like coke the gateway drug or something. I don't have kids but I know when I was younger I thought like ten times before I smoked pot. Ya it's not that big of a drug but I feel let the kids think that it is bad, so they don't want to touch anouther drug. If they do try smoking pot hopfully they feel realy guilty about it, I know if I have a kid I don't want pot legal. I grew up thinking alcahole isn't bad (it's legal) Nothing is that bad if your responsable, not to many people responsable, I've even drove after haveing to much to drink and I'm not talking wasted eather I felt fine and could drive with no problems but by law if I would have been pulled over probably had one or two to many beers. I say NO Keep it Elegal.
I can see you stance and respect your thoughts.
I think you're arguing a point from "current reality" with the new "reality"
It simply wouldn't make sense for someone to break into another person's house because they "grow good weed" in the "new reality" because it is devalued.
You could grow it yourself, buy it at the store, get it at a friend's house etc.
It would be like someone currently breaking into your house because you've got the good tomatoes or herb garden growing in your yard. Just doesn't make sense, because those items are available for sale on the open market.
You make my point when you talk about "if everyone grows pot then the price would drop by 1/3" Yes exactly, it would become cheap AND that money that we're currently giving to other countries and our own criminal black market would no longer exist.
I couldn't follow your point of drug crimes bringing in money in court costs, and providing jobs? If drug crimes failed to be crimes I can assure you that both police officers AND court officials would still have other crimes and criminals to keep them busy. And these "fines" that people pay for their drug offenses are FAR FAR outweighed by the money the criminal enterprises gain through drugs to fund more illicit activities.
If we no longer wasted so many of our law enforcement resources on a failed drug war we could spend those resources on other, more productive ventures, like EDUCATION on the realities of drugs and education in general.
Drugs right now are glamorous to kids, they hear about celebrities and all the cool "highs" they can get from trying drugs.
If they were taught something besides "just say no" such as WHY say no. I mean, show them the "faces of meth" slides, the strung out heroin people that are walking skeletons. Give them REAL facts about drugs. The myth that weed and heroin (both SCHEDULE ONE drugs) are equally bad (remember just say no) does a horrible disservice to our youth.
Finally, anyone that argues that "drugs would be more accessible to kids if they were legal" needs to think about where the drugs are now? In the schools. The kids ALREADY have the drugs, what needs to change to stop addiction is the WANT of them.
I don't argue kids should have drugs, in the same way they shouldn't have cigarettes or alcohol. I am advocating that they get PARENTING and a REAL education.
If meth were legal today, would anyone jump out of bed and go FINALLY, I've always wanted a meth addiction. No. If you take away the shame of addiction, people are more likely to seek help.
Okay, so that's my novel
