whatever said:
Agreed. I think there have been far more lives ruined by the insane "war on drugs" (not to mention the billions of dollars spent). |
And think of all the not good it's done. I don't do drugs, nor do I know anybody who does... but give me, a half a day and I bet i coud get whatever I wanted if I wanted to do drugs.
There is a lot of hyperbole and overexageration on BOTH sides, but it doesn't take more then just looking at the results to see why it should be legalized.
I think it's something like 1/3rd of people in the US have tried it and 1/2 of college students? How many people are in jail over it when our jails are overcroweded? Hell, we're paying people in Afghanistan to grow drugs... then you look at the money spent like you said, sure you'd still spend SOME of that money regulating it.
On the "cons" side is, you wouldn't make as much money off taxing it as you'd think, because it'd cost more for legal companies to grow the stuff, and people probably will grow their own, furthermore you can't tax it THAT high otherwise you'll still have the underground drug trade.
Furthermore, those drug dealers are going to turn to SOMETHING else to make their money, probably sex slavery rings or further illegal gambling. (Which honestly, i'm surprised gambling is falling behind Marijuana at this point, i guess it's because the government doesn't have marijuana lottos.)
