Legalize that crap and demand, supply and usage will increase dramatically. Todays user debris will be joined by tens of millions who have always been afraid of the consequences of getting arrested and have not had dope easily available.
Crime will rise as user losers commit even more to feed their new addictions. Traffic and other deaths and injuries will increase from more dope screwing up more people.
Your door may not get kicked in from the law but it might be from drugged up human debris needing more money to pay for that crap.
Yeah...!! What he said!!!
Legalize guns and concealed carry and demand for guns, supply and usage will increase dramatically! Crime will go through the roof! Just imagine the dregs having weapons...
Oh, never mind - LOL!
At least we would all have guns to stop the crazed druggies who just filled their prescriptions for coke at Walmart and are breaking in our door to get a beer. Er, well, most of us already do.
Night all - retiring from this fun thread...
Maybe, but I can shoot them, and that will reduce the number of criminals a mite. With the underground profit motive gone, what makes you think the prices will stay so high, either?
So, considering all the social ills, law enforcement problems, and yes, even traffic deaths, do you think we should ban alcoholic beverages? After all, those bring all the social problems you mentioned.
That prohibition didn't work, this one hasn't, either, but it has been the excuse for an incredible assault on fourth, fifth, and 14th Amendment rights, not to mention the justification ofr militarizing our police and for 'turf wars' all over.
I don't think it would bring that many more new users just vying for the glorious and chic 'meth mouth' smile and complexion.
As for the other drugs, etc., we already have that mess, and while some 'closet' users might come out in the open, I don't anticipate a stampede of new users. Besides, with it legal, the whole 'renegade' effect goes away, and by virtue of that alone it would lose some of its appeal to youngsters. What makes you think it will escalate?
By the way, there is the consideration of taxing the drugs, the income from them, licensing, etc., and pulling revenue from all the currently untaxed billions of underground economy into the government coffers, too. At least that way some of the funds we are currently dishing out could be derived from the users themselves.