[NobleFree]

If ease of concealment were no longer an issue - as it wouldn't be with legalization - people might well stick to less harmful drugs like marijuana.

They won't. They'll be right out there in the open destroying themselves

The ones who are deep into addiction, perhaps - but even an addict can say to himself, "The better I keep my drugs hidden, the better my chance of getting to use them."

--and many more than there are today.

So you claim.

And guess who will pay for their numerous attempts at rehab?

Any jurisdiction that votes to do so (or votes for representatives who propose to do so).

[Antoninus]

Any jurisdiction that votes to do so (or votes for representatives who propose to do so).

Don't you know how our system works now? The big cities spend themselves into bankruptcy. They get bailed out by the state which gets bailed out by the feds. So YOU will end up paying for it, one way or another.