I'm in favor of regulating other drugs the way the drug alcohol is regulated - and you'll notice they don't sell alcohol Slurpees at 7-11, or any alcohol to any kids anywhere.
I will fight needle parks in my neighborhood.
Nobody supports that - legalizing use in only a small area was the worst drug policy ever.
I will fight the gangs that will inevitably thrive in the quasi-legal shadows of legal drugs (see Netherlands).
There is criminal involvement because they didn't full legalize ... growing marijuana is still illegal, and that's where the criminals take their profit.
I will fight any libertarian who sticks a needle in my child’s arm
Nobody, especially not libertarians, supports forcing drugs on anyone. I have kids too - don't let concern for them make you hysterical.
thanks for the detailed answers. Unfortunately, there will always be a police state with powerful, heavily addictive drugs. Criminals will cluster in areas where we don’t fully legalize, and even if we do fully legalize, the drugs will create other problems that require police attention.
So we may as well have a simple bright-line law against hard drugs.