[Thorliveshere]

“Register” drug users? That’s a new one, but you know what, you’ll get just as big of a resistance to that as you would for registering guns.

And, honestly, drug cartels will really go away even if the price of drugs will get lowered? Doubt it. What would happen is they would steal the cheap drugs and resell them. They won’t just “go away,” they’ll find some way to adapt, and it’d still be illegal.

[nathanbedford]

The author makes the following points which, however unpalatable, appeared to be unassailable:

1. By any stretch of the imagination, this war has failed.

2. The second casualty has been Constitutional Rights.

3. the “War on Drugs” has created powerful criminal enterprises.

4. the “War on Drugs” has been a failure and has created more problems that it has solved

5. Liberty also means we have the right to make stupid choices.

6. we have created massive criminal enterprises that would die if drug use and distribution were regulated instead of being made contraband.

7. insanity is trying the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result

[Boogieman]

“What would happen is they would steal the cheap drugs and resell them.”

No, they would do like every other criminal organization does when one of their rackets disappears because the laws change. They’ll just focus on other rackets that are still profitable.

Stealing the “cheap drugs” to sell doesn’t make any sense at all. Why steal the drugs to sell when there is no longer any large profit in selling the drugs? That makes about as much sense as the mob hijacking Budweiser trucks just because they used to sell booze during prohibition.

[Responsibility2nd]

And, honestly, drug cartels will really go away even if the price of drugs will get lowered? Doubt it.

 

Excellent observation. If dangerous drugs are legalized, who will be there to profit from them? The Drug Cartels, of course. And why would the price of drugs be lowered? The demand will only increase, the supply will be less, the gubmint will tax the hell out of it (like tobacco) and the Cartels will benefit.