Criminalization hasn't rid the world of them, either ... but it has channeled inflated profits into criminal hands.
and provide support for mobsters, gangs, other organized crime, terrorists, murderers, pimps, rapists, pornographers, child molesters, dictators, corrupt law enforcement, petty and major theft, and, yes, commies.
When the drug alcohol was legalized, criminals could no longer support themselves by selling it; the same would be the case for any other drug.
"Criminalization hasn't rid the world of them, either ... but it has channeled inflated profits into criminal hands."
Criminalization hasn't rid the world of organized crime, rapists, murders, child molesters, theft, prostitution, etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc..................take child sex offenders, for example, there are more child sex offenders than ever, more child porn than ever, more money made from child porn than ever, more children sexually assaulted than ever...................so, according to your theory, we should just legalize it, and every thing will be just fine. No, the answer is a society with higher moral values, and the death penalty for sex abusers of children...............they will never harm another child again.
And, yes, I am for the death penalty for drug dealers............not petty dealing, but if someone is transporting/selling/making/growing a certain amount..............it should be the death penalty..................they will never be able to directly/indirectly cause fatal traffic accidents, deadly overdoses, rapes, theft, broken homes, shattered finances, suicides, serious health problems, etc., etc., ever again, because they will be dead.
"and provide support for mobsters, gangs, other organized crime, terrorists, murderers, pimps, rapists, pornographers, child molesters, dictators, corrupt law enforcement, petty and major theft, and, yes, commies."
"When the drug alcohol was legalized, criminals could no longer support themselves by selling it; the same would be the case for any other drug."
This is a bogus comparision. Virtually all alcohol is liquid, and, thus, it is not a nightmare to control. If someone wants to illegally make, transport, and sell any significant amount of alcohol, it is very hard to hide. It is hard to hide the manufacture, transport and sale of the stuff.
The amount of most illegal drugs, necessary to equal a case of booze, can be carried on one person, without just about anyone even knowing they are concealed. Many illegal drugs come in tablet/capsule form, and, a person could carry thousands of these on their person................equaling a truck load of booze.
In comparision to the manufacture of large amounts of acohol, the manufacture of an equal amount of most drugs, in terms of "intoxicating" power, requires much less amount of space.
Think about this, also, that most all alcohol is basically the same, inasmuch as it is liquid and it is alcohol...............thus making it somewhat manageable to control. There are tens upon tens, probably hundreds, of different, unique, illegal drugs out there, with new ones being created on a regular basis...................making legalization a nightmare for sure..............in fact, I don't even think it is possible.
Killing child rapists and hardened drug dealers may sound harsh, but it would have a profound effect, and would reduce child sexual assualt and illegal drugs in Anerica big time. The problem is that currently America is more sympathetic to the victimizers than to the victims.
Finally, whatever problems we have with the legalized drug, alcohol.................traffic fatalities, rape, spousal abuse, child abuse, serious health problems, higher health care costs, broken homes, increased welfare roles, lost jobs, lost lives, horrible stories of crime and neglect.....................................these would all be compounded many fold should we make the very serious mistake of legalizing illegial drugs.