Keep Drugs Illegal!

Culture11 ^ | 1/15/09 | David Fredosso

[Ericka81]

he cause of criminal violence is not drugs or alcohol but rather criminals. To believe otherwise is to expect every drug dealer in America to give up and apply for a job at McDonald’s or WalMart the day legalization occurs. Every society contains a sizable element whose members refuse to make an honest living under any circumstances. The legalization of drugs will not change this large-scale reality of human behavior.

For now, many societal malefactors have the option of selling or trafficking drugs. But their real trade is to profit from the unwillingness of others to take the risks involved in illegal activity. Think of drug legalization, then, as a new government regulation on the drug dealer. It removes the illegality, and therefore much of the profit, from his trade. Experience suggests that such changes in government policy motivate economic actors to find loopholes. For the drug dealer or supplier, that means finding some new illegal activity through which to cash in on one’s tolerance for the risks of crime.

[Nate505]

Booze isn’t a drug?

So the time I went to the Power and Light district in Kansas City and went bar hopping and saw about 4-5 fights (or near fights) it wasn’t because they were under the influence of any “drug”, right?

And you’re a cop?

Dealers don’t sell booze to the fiends on the block who can’t afford it. Probably because it’s pretty damn affordable.

[Nate505]

I agree. Colorado had an initiative to legalize an ounce or less. It lost 40% to 60%.

Nevada had the same initiative, twice. The first time it lost 40/60. The second time it lost something like 43/57 or 44/56. I’m curious why they haven’t put it back on the ballot since.

[thefactor]

holy crap dude. read all of my posts first. and show me where i say booze is not a drug.