[davesdude]

"Rehab isn't the only expense. Hospitals get clogged with hard drug ODs. Sharing needles leads to infections. Most of these end up in taxpayer-funded health care facilities, and their numbers will shoot up (no pun intended) if drugs get legalized"

Have you really give any thoughts to the matter? If legalized, no more problem with sharing needles! Some standards will be implemented and people won't have to hide in disaffected buildings to do their thing... Plus, OD are oftenly attached to bad products (too potent or foreign chemicals laced to the product...) regulating those drugs would put a certain standard on the quality of the product...

[Gordongekko909]

Have you really give any thoughts to the matter?

Quite a bit more than some people around here, it seems.

If legalized, no more problem with sharing needles!

What do these two have to do with each other?

Some standards will be implemented and people won't have to hide in disaffected buildings to do their thing...

Standards? Implemented? Those sound like spending provisions to me. Legalizing dope is getting more and more expensive...

Plus, OD are oftenly attached to bad products (too potent or foreign chemicals laced to the product...) regulating those drugs would put a certain standard on the quality of the product...

More regulation? More expenses! And it's perfectly possible to OD on a "pure" product that is legal and regulated. Ever heard of alcohol poisoning?