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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
If money were no object then yes pursuing the end of drug usage would be a worthwhile pursuit. Its just tax dollars are finite and can only be spent once. We are in a tough global economy that is weak right now. If everything is equal. I'd rather every dollar spent on drug prohibition gets spent on education. I think education is a more valuable weapon against hard drug use than attempting to rehab people.
Again I honestly don't think making access to drugs easier is going to make more people do the worst drugs. Alcohol was prohibited and it literally did nothing to stop people from getting booze except it cost more and profited organized crime. I mean to make an extreme example, 192 proof (96% abv) alcohol is available, but in all my time working at retail liquor I don't think I ever sold a bottle (kids like to try and steal them mostly). Obviously thats an excessive amount of ABV and could easily kill someone. At some point you have to trust people will make responisble decisions. If you automatically assume people will make the worst, most reckless decision, then when do you stop policing people's morality?
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Agreed with pretty much all of this. Education is a key component for sure. Hell, basketball courts and hockey rinks can also do no harm.
To support this further, probably the biggest attraction to bath salts is the cost at this time. I wonder if you gave users the choice between these salts and other 'old school' drugs for the same price, which would they pick? And which is the more dangerous?