Lots of people have misunderstood the nature of the post I wrote asking the question you quoted. You are one of those people.
I was NOT arguing that drugs should only be legalized if there were no negative effects in doing so. I was simply trying to solicit the poster’s views on what those negative effects would be without me “leading the witness,” so to speak.
Sorry I misunderstood you. Please accept my apologies.
I was reading or listening to something where the writer/ speaker was saying that drugs had been legalized somewhere and that after a short time the usage levels dropped significantly. Portugal, perhaps? Do any of you know?