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Originally Posted by Oil Stain
I think legalizing drugs will actually lessen the harmful impact of drugs on society. The numbers in Amsterdam show that despite Marijuana being all but legalized, that the amount of habitual users didn't increase because of the relaxed enforcement. There is roughly the same amount of marijuana users now as there was before decriminalization.
What you would cut down on however, is crime directly related to the drug trade. Less gang slayings and wars.
Then if you go whole hog and actually legalize and legislate it, then the government would be able to use money earned from the sale of drugs to create social programs to help drug addicts, and promote safe drug use.
People are going to do drugs no matter what, so it makes more sense having that money from their sales flow into responsible hands, then spend billions fighting the inevitable.
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Couldn't have said it any better. For the 1000th time, prohibition does not work.