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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
While I broadly support legalizing drugs to make them safer and get the business out of the hands of organized crime, hard drugs do pose some problems.
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For sure other problems are introduced, I would imagine that (similar to marijuana legalization) the government will sort some of that out.
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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Take cocaine. Not only can it be extremely habit-forming (and expensive) for those inclined to addictive behaviour, even casual use poses significant health risks. A 45 year old who hasn't used in a while might think he's good to do a couple lines on a special occasion after having a few drinks. But he's incurring a significant risk of a cardiac arrest - a higher level of risk than any legal, over-the-counter drug sold today poses. So I don't know how you'd fit cocaine into our existing safety regulations around commercial products.
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I am not sure how the solution is to keep it illegal. I care less about the guy you are describing than I do about the money I pay in tax to hunt down drug dealing criminals. Legalize and minimize the criminal element.
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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
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I have never used it and never will. But why am I paying to stop people from using it? Legalize it all, work out some of the major issues, invest some of that money (currently spent fighting it) into some sort of treatment. In a legal world there might be standard doses of a cleaner product that could have saved lives already.