thranx said:
ArnoldRimmer said:
The only real solution is to simply legalize drugs. Yes, even hard drugs. Legalising drugs does not mean that they are harmless. They're not, in fact many of them are very very dangerous and people should simply never even try any drugs. But that doesn't mean that it's best to make them illegal. Becaus In practice, prohibiting drugs creates much more problems than it solves. The alcohol prohibition in the USA is a great example of what happens when you make a drug illegal.
De-criminalizing only the possession of small amounts of drugs (like some European countries do) does not solve problems like drug wars etc. though. To get rid of drug crimes, the production of drugs must be legalized as well. The reason that we have no "alcohol wars" is that even the production of alcohol is legalized. |
wow. I thought no one would agree with me :) Good post and I totally agree
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Don't worry most educated people realize that prohibition doesn't work. People will always demand drugs and arresting users doesn't solve shit. Arresting drug dealers doesn't solve anything either because there is money to be made and someone will always fill the void. I blame scare tactics by the stupid politicians. The scare tactics scare the average stupid American into thinking prohibition is the best idea. Only idiots can say that keeping on the same path will eventually stop the drug trade. Lets just use one example: Netherlands. Drug use there by the local population is actually far less than USA (especially when compared to teen use). It is a never ending war just like the war on terror. Lets just spend countless billions/trillions on a stupid war. Sounds like the American way.
