[JediJones]

And the criminals will move onto harder and harder drugs. So are we supposed to keep legalizing more and more to “stop” them again?

Do people think these laws weren’t created by human beings for a reason in the first place? They maybe saw the human and economic toll of addiction?

[ConservingFreedom]

And the criminals will move onto harder and harder drugs. So are we supposed to keep legalizing more and more to “stop” them again?

As long as the still-illegal drugs are putting billions in criminal pockets, yes.

Do people think these laws weren’t created by human beings for a reason in the first place? They maybe saw the human and economic toll of addiction?

Like alcohol Prohibition - which we wisely ended when we saw the even greater human and economic toll of criminalizing that drug.

[AlmaKing]

‘And the criminals will move onto harder and harder drugs.’

The cartels make most of their money on meth and heroin. What harder drugs are there?

[eyeamok]

“Do people think these laws weren’t created by human beings for a reason in the first place? They maybe saw the human and economic toll of addiction?”

You might want to do a little reading in to the History of how we got our Drug Laws before making statements about their Origin.

It’s a long read, but the Facts are the Facts!

Report back on your thoughts about Anslinger.

http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/library/studies/vlr/vlrtoc.htm