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Originally Posted by Rangore
What about when these people that do this at home start to become a burden on society by medical claims they can't pay or other issues caused by them giving up on life? Curious about your thoughts there.
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I'll just say that the taxes that could be generated by legalizing and selling safe and tested versions of all of these substances could easily cover education and treatment programs. We're talking about billions of dollars in taxes here.
Right now we are fighting a war on drugs that we haven't EVER been winning. By legalizing this, we would immediately get rid of pretty much all the organized crime (Mexican/Columbian cartels, for example), many people imprisoned would be released and other costs for enforcement would go down.
To me, the violence in Mexico and other countries is directly attributable to our countries need for these drugs. Making it illegal hasn't gotten rid of the need...that will always be there.
Ask yourself this. Do you think our country was better or worse under prohibition for alcohol? Same applies to every other drug we've made illegal. Making it legal gets rid of the underground violence associated with drugs.