| TheLivingShadow said: ...Hmmm...I've been thinking about this...maybe the solution is to legalize drugs? I don't get why they're illegal in the first place. Sure, they're not good for the people who consume them, but frankly cigarretes and alcohol (in large amounts) aren't either but they are legal. Think about it. What wrong does DRUGS do to society as a whole? Alcohol is legal but not everyone's drunk. Smoking is legal but not everyone is addicted to it. Why are drugs so special? Even if you think drugs are reall bad things for people, they should be legal because they don't harm people other than the consumers. If they want to get high, it's their choice. If they want to lose their life on a drug, let them be. Banning drugs just makes it look like a desirable thing to do by the youngsters, provokes people to sell them illegally and causes the state to invest in a "war" they should not be making in the first place |
Two main reasons in my opinion.
1) Damage to public health. Some drugs are far more damaging to health than either alcohol or tobacco and far more addictive. Heroin is a good example. You can say 'oh they're only damaging themselves' but in reality its the tax payer that foots the bill for their healthcare.
2) Danger to society. Some drugs, for example P (crystal meth) can basically make people into psychopaths. There was a guy in NZ who took a katana to peoples hands while on P...
Of course neither of those reasons really cover banning marijuana or ecstacy...
