Rath said:
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... |
People use drugs regardless. thats why the drug trade exists. By legalizing it we are at least able to make the drugs somewhat safer. The important thing is to keep prices the same. By making them cheaper it may encourage people to use them more frequently. But take all that money as a drug tax and use it for something good. At least that way there will be something positive about the drug problem. Moreover the cartels will cease to exist. America could just produce it domestically or go through separate legitimate suppliers.
