Drugs legalized? Options

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Do you think drugz like marijuana, crack, coccaine, and other illegal drugz should become legal? Why or why not.

[ComradeRed]

Europe has a higher crime rate than we do.

No they really don't.

I see tobacco as a problem because many Americans are dying today because they started back then when they didn't know any better.

It's good for the gene pool, Kath.

THe way I see it if you're dumb enough to use drugs, it's your own damn fault for dying. I'm not going to stop you from killing yourself. I'm certainly not going to force others to pay $80 billion in taxes to stop you from killing yourself.

It's called 'Liberty'.

We don't know everything about these drugs now...With marijuana, yeah, you can't overdose, but what are some long-term affects?

The War on Drugs has some nasty long-term effects too. Violating our civil rights, using up $80 billion a year, breaking the law, causing bigger government, more crime from black market mafia, etc.

I'm hurt much more by the War on Drugs then drugs themselves.

People don't just do it because of age restriction - they do it to "escape their problems". Haha. Anywho, even if we did legalize these drugs, young people would use them just as well because of age restrictions.

World domination is my anti-drug.

No, seriously, why should we force people to keep it real? It's just a suggestion you know? If they want to zone out, that's their business.

If it's legalized, it'll be like serving it to them on a golden platter.

No, they'll still have to pay for the drugs. And the golden platter besides.

How would it stop the drug wars? If we legalize it and make it cheaper, all of those that were illegally smuggling them, selling it pretty high for all those druggies out there, they'd be outraged!

Okay that was relatively incoherent, so here we go:

There won't be any smugglers after we legalize, because they wouldn't have to smuggle.

Yes, but cases such as D.U.I. occur all the time. With more drugs out there, more accidents.

It's true: Fascism has fewer auto-accidents.

So are you saying let's help the druggies? They're probably already poor enough that they wouldn't be able to pay for the legalized drugs.

I thought the whole point was to make fewer people use drugs.

Besides, more drugs exposed to the public, more crime.

No, the war on drugs is the biggest cause of crime. Without the war on drugs, there is no black market. There is no REASON to commit crime.

No one commits crimes over cigarettes, but there's alot of marijuana-related crime. I wonder why that could be.

Besides, if you define a 'crime' as something that breaks the law--a reasonable definition IMHO--the Federal Government (the one orchestrating the War on Drugs) is by far the biggest criminal.

And since it's a war, here should be the new motto: HANG THE DRUG CZAR FOR WAR CRIMES!!

What about those that are not doing drugs right now, but have doubts? What if they're too scared to be curious? Once they're legalized, they'll think, "Well...they're legal now...it should be okay..."

Or they'll think "Wow... they're illegal... must be something to them... I wonder what it is..."