“The truth is that this happened because drugs are illegal”
While there is an element of truth to this, legalization isnt the whole answer. The men who murdered that Dead Marines family at midnight, or who leave 8 beheaded bodies beside a road, arent going to go straight and honest if their product was legalized.
But what you are missing is that if the drugs were legalized, there would be no need to murder people like this. The criminals get into it because there is a lot of money to be made ILLEGALLY.
When was the last time someone was murdered over smuggling alcohol? IIRC, it was about 1933, right before Prohibition was repealed.
They’re aren’t going to be making any money either. No body goes out and brews bath-tub gin anymore. No need to.
“The men who murdered that Dead Marines family at midnight, or who leave 8 beheaded bodies beside a road, arent going to go straight and honest if their product was legalized.”
You are spot on - Evil people looking for a quick buck will always find a product to push on others who are weak minded. I would rather that Law enforcement draw the line at these drugs which are harmful to the individual and insidious in their effect on society. Sadly as long as there are people who are stupid enough to take drugs then there will be those happy to supply them and make sizable money doing so!
Mel
True, those guys are murderous thugs.
What drug legalization would do, however, is remove a large sector of people from needing to employ them.
Then these rat-b@st@rds will spend a lot more time in the unemployment office, as they won’t have as many people hiring them. And with less job opportunities (and less money from them), they won’t be able to afford all the weapons and explosives to continue their line of work.
Well, at least not in Mexico, that is.
“.....arent going to go straight and honest if their product was legalized.”
Straight or not some will find another line of work. Some will, like you say, continue in their chosen line.
If Legalized/taxed, there would still be an industry of enforcement versus circumvention, of less profitable product.