Should the US legalize drugs?

[bardicverse]

rocketpig said:

bardicverse said:
@rubang - Stop pulling me back into this off topic post ;) Fair points around, though i disagree. Yet, I'll just make one point - You say that making drugs legal makes it easier for addicts to get help. What about making an enforcement system so strong that it makes finding illegal drugs IMPOSSIBLE? The addicts will go into withdrawal, and eventually come out of it entirely in time, with the drugs not being in their systems any longer. As they say "quitting cold turkey". Best help they can get

You're joking, right?

There is no way to create an airtight law enforcement system, even if you went to Big Brotherish measures.

Where there's a will, there's a way. The more drugs remain taboo and the less intelligent discourse that surrounds them, the more they remain a mystery to be abused by various subcultures and anti-establishment types in society. The more law enforcement cracks down, the more money there is to be made from selling those illegal products. Meaning that there will always be drugs available through various black markets, so long as they remain illegal.

What happens if the source no longer exists? The plant which is the source for cocaine, for example? What happens if they become extinct and cocaine is no longer producable?

Keep in mind Im playing devil's advocate here, since ya's wont let me exit this damn topic ;)