[cincinnati65]

"Declare that heroine, crack cocaine, and other highly addictive substances would never be legally sold on the streets, but that those addicted could shoot up at government centers for the fifty-cent cost of producing the stuff, i.e. take every dime out of that business for criminals."

Government Centers??? Are you serious???? The lawsuits for overdoses by the family members alone would bankrupt your program. Or you could ration the amount of product that a user could get, but that would lead to "street drugs" to get around the government rations. Either way, Government Centers don't work!

[varmintman]

As I noted, that was an ideal solution, but you could simply legalize it all and we’d be vastly better off than we are. I assume the reason that doesn’t happen is that there is too much money and too many yuppy careers tied up in drugs, the war on drugs, and the prison/industrial complex at this point.