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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
The major flaw in this argument is you assume no one is currently doing the addictive drugs. The fact is despite being illegal with jail terms generally a possibility, people are still doing them. Billions are being spent to prevent that from happening, to little or no effect. Legalizing drugs isn't going to all of a sudden drive everyone to try heroin. If people wanted to try heroin they can easily do so now. So why waste a ton of money on something you can't realistically prevent from happening?
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No, I'm not assuming that no one is currently doing addictive drugs, but I'd argue that having it legally available makes it a lot more accessible, and thus will lead to a lot more people using it than had it been illegal. What is the point in making it legal? So people can get it cheaper and lessen gang violence? Ok, but now you have a lot more addicts to deal with. How is that a better situation?