SamuelRSmith said:
Wouldn't the police benefit from not having to spend so many resources on tackling drugs? Rehab centers would certainly do better business (particularly under my model), and my mum works in the social-working arena, and has been on many drug training programs, etc - the social care people are a lot more liberal about drug use than most (because they know the actual facts). |
Yes, in some countries it could work well to downsize drug hunting, there would be a motivation to do it where there is a shortage of policemen already, but in a country like the USA you got so many specialized cops in narcotics with a powerful hierarchy, and they collaborate with attorneys and lawyers and stuff. It's a high-status profession to be a narc. So they won't be interested in legalizing, oh no. They would lobby so hard against is. (this is just one example of many groups that have a big economical interest in keeping drugs illegal and who earn their living from this business)
Legalizing drugs in the US is just a dream way in the future. In Europe it's happening though, but slowly. At least there's a discussion. We can expect marijuana to become legal in most Western Europe, if inhaled under controlled conditions (like Dutch coffee shops), within two decades or so. And u already have these safe haven huts where dope addicts get shelter and fresh needles and basic surveillance to reduce the risk of OD, and cops won't arrest them if they stay there.
But heavy drugs becoming legal - as in buying/selling legally and allowed to use in bars and at home, thats utopia.
