[jwparkerjr]

I used to be against this solution for the drug problem, but the more I think about it the less opposition I have to it.

Sure the number of addicts would increase, as would the myriad of problems associated with addiction, but at least it would be in a population that chose to use drugs.

At least at that point you would have only one bad guy to worry about, that being the drug user himself. Right now you have all the problems of addiction PLUS the huge costs of all the other things that go along with the war on drugs.

The law of unintended consequences would certainly raise its ugly head, like thousands of law enforcement people who’ve never done anything else but chase drug dealers. OTOH, you would have thousands of law enforcement people available to work on other criminal activities like gangs.

[basil]

I, like you would have never considered saying this years ago. With each passing year, I become more convinced that we have spent enough in lives, money, and gang warfare to justify keeping on.

It would be much more cost efficient to set up clinics where idiots who want drugs can walk in off the street and get their fix.

I believe this is what they started doing in Denmark or one of the other Scandinavian countries a few years ago .

It might be interesting to see how it's working over there these days.