Should the US legalize drugs?

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bardicverse said:

The Ghost of RubangB said:

And some people can't handle driving cars without running over kids and old ladies.  Do we make driving illegal for everybody because some people can't handle it?  Or do we put an age limit on it, restrictions about driving sober, and make registration/insurance/gas really expensive and tax the hell out of all of it?

You're more likely to be killed by a psycho with a car than a psycho with a drug problem.  But I think both should be legal, regulated, and taxed.

IF our laws are just about safety and not about freedom, then we need to get rid of cars, alcohol, tobacco, and fast food immediately.

Well if you want to get all extremist, consider the fact that many rapes occur in situations where people are high, especially as cocaine is a prime aphrodesiac. So then they should also let NAMBLA go out and have full right to have their way with kids, allow rapists to go off and have their way with whoever they want, and maybe go on and let people run rampant with guns and kill whoever they want without any legal action taken against them or trying to stop them.

IF our laws are just about freedom and not safety, then we need to let everyone do what they want, whenever they want to.

See what I did there? Keep it believable.

Of course, the opposition immediately pulls the "but teh children!!1!" card. Rubang already mentioned that none of this applies to minors so your NAMBLA comment is pointless and borderline derailment.

As for rape statistics, I would just love to see the number of rapes annually where alcohol played a major part in the crime versus every other illegal drug available to man.