[wideawake]

There are many here that try and use the same argument to drugs, legalize them and all will be well.

The argument made for legalization is that drug prices will drop, and the cheaper drugs will be more affordable for addicts so that they will not have to kill or steal to support their habits.

But no one has yet explained to me why an unemployable addict will magically be able to afford a $100 a week heroin habit instead of a $200 a week habit.

His base salary is still $0 a week.

Also, no one has explained to me why there is a brisk and violent traffic in legal drugs like oxycontin.

[microgood]

The argument made for legalization is that drug prices will drop, and the cheaper drugs will be more affordable for addicts so that they will not have to kill or steal to support their habits.

One need not make that argument. The fact is that the drug war is a 100% complete, absolute and unequivocal failure at every level and it has resulted in the corruption of our police, judges, politicians, the militarization of our police, and the curtailment of our constitutional rights.

One thing is going to give, the drug war or freedom. The two are mutually exclusive.