And a particularly bad one. A ludicrously, hilariously bad one. You estimated that three times more people would die of overdose than die in the entire United States of all causes in a year.
Often, as a young child, I wished my brothers would OD because they were destroying my family. Any finances my mom saved were wasted in bail payments. Much of anything of value we had was "stolen" (my brothers claimed it was stolen, but I suspect they sold it for drug money).
Do you realize that this only bolsters the anti-prohibition case? Your mother's finances were wasted on bail money because the drugs your brother used were illegal. Had they been legal, your brothers wouldn't have been arrested, and no bail would have been necessary. Your family's possessions were fenced for drug money because drugs sell at black market prices... ridiculously overinflated. If your brothers were into booze rather than narcotics, they could have easily afforded their drug of choice through a regular income rather than having to steal.
"And a particularly bad one. A ludicrously, hilariously bad one. You estimated that three times more people would die of overdose than die in the entire United States of all causes in a year."
I factored in that most drug abusers, given the chance to have a free-for-all drug fest, the numbers of ODs would rise dramatically. Then, once those are gone, more sensible people would see the dramatic results of drugs and avoid them and the whole drug scene would be an anathema.
"Do you realize that this only bolsters the anti-prohibition case?"
Yes, I do realize this, which is why I am faultering from my "absolutely no tolerance" stance. For the record, even if drugs are legalized, if an adult abuses drugs in my house, the only evidence of their existance will be the residual smell of chlorine.