That’s why I can’t take the “libertarian” position on drugs. Because we all know we would wind up footing the bill for treating these losers.
From a purely cost standpoint I honestly don’t see how treatment programs would cost more than than the war on drugs.
Just think of the costs to house one prisoner, multiplied by the amount of prisoners in jail for minor drug offenses. Multiple police agencies who do nothing but drug busts. All of the associated court costs to process minor drug offenders.
The war on drugs has cost hundreds of billions of dollars and there is no evidence of any positive effect.
Personally I would legalize everything that can be grown naturally, and keep harsh penalties for manufacturing chemical drugs, aka meth and acid.
lol, that's the socialist position. Libertarians believe one should be responsible for ones-self, not ones neighbor. BTW taxes on drugs would make billions to be wasted by government, not only on drug treatment, but numerous other lame brained ideas. If you don't use drugs you wouldn't be paying for any of it. Heck it might even make your taxes go down although I wouldn't count on it. Government never lowers taxes, they just grow to absorb any new revenue stream.