Should governments legalise all drugs?

Question

Should governments legalise all drugs?

Answer 1

Honestly, I think so, yes. Just imagine if we took the 100s of billions of dollars we spend investigating, prosecuting, and punishing drug crimes and spent a small amount of that making treatment available to anyone who wants it. Plus, how much tax revenue would we get by treating other recreational drugs the same way we treat alcohol.

Answer 2

yes

Answer 3

Yes they should.

Al Capone isnt shooting up Chicago over booze anymore!  This didnt come about by the government locking up all of the booze users and trafficers....it came because they legalized it, regulated it, and taxed it.

The black market nature of drugs leads to high prices and low quality....all of which add to the destruction that the substances cause.  There isnt any "quality control", so you could get heroin with elephant tranquilizers and you wouldnt know.  The black market aspect also affects the poor choices that people make about drugs....here is an example.

Meth is worth more than marijuana, and isnt usually sold in as much quantity.  If you are a greedy drug dealer, which one are you going to sell?  Which drug are you going to be able to have 200 dollars worth of product in your pocket?

Meth, most would argue, is FAR MORE destructive than marijuana, but those factors make meth very popular...and it is spreading like wildfire.  Meth is made of household chemicals by people who couldnt pass high school chemistry, and marijuana has no added ingredients that God (Genesis will tell you) didnt intend!

Still, it takes over a month for marijuana to leave your system and about a week to get meth out.  People on probation or getting a job and are soon to be given urine analysis know that too.

Lastly....ask anyone who has ever been in prison "did anyone buy/sell/use drugs in prison while you were there?".  Then realize that if the government cant keep drugs out of prison, they will never succeed in keeping them off the streets.

Answer 4

Yes.  The first four letters in freedom are F-R-E-E.

Answer 5

Well..Legalization means less crime and inner city misery but more addicts.

I say No actually..One argument to legalize is "Taking drugs is an individual choice, I should be able to do whatever I want with my body"

First, we don't have the right to do anything we want with our body. Can I walk down the street naked? Can I say what I want anywhere I want? (if you said "yes" to the last question, try yelling "hijack" on a plane and get back to me.) The point is, we can't do anything we want with our body. If drugs ever become legal, be prepared to see me walk around topless - after all, men can do it. Which is more harmful - me walking around with no shirt or me shooting up with crack? I'll be damned if people are allowed to shoot up with drugs and I have to wear a top on a blazing hot day in the summer!

My other favorite is: "Legalizing Drugs Will Reduce Crime.."

Has anyone considered that the reason that people committed a crime was because they were ON drugs in the first place - legal or not?

Answer 6

You know if they did that the drug runners and the cartels would have no more business and people would stop killing each other on the streets and if a person wants to stay high as a kite then hey knock yourself out. maybe this way it would thin out the population.

Answer 7

theres a right and a wrong way to do everything, then of course, there's the wrong way to do the right thing (excess laws) and the right way to do the wrong thing (legalize?)

Many have argued both ways on the issue. Unfortunately, the loudest voices on both sides are the ones based on emotion, not thought.

If drugs were to be legalized, greater care would have to be taken well before, to ensure the population is ready for its social acceptance. Safeguards must be in order to strictly prohibit people in dangerous lines of work from using them.

For example,  a crane operator should not be allowed to use heroin. And if he is caught, after serving a 2-year sentence (if nobody died), he can never be allowed to operate machinery again.

Same for bus drivers, etc. Furthurmore, anyone caught driving while wasted needs to be dealt with accordingly.

If drugs are legal, there has to be more done to ensure safety.

I do realize the benefits in the field of agriculture and tax revenue, etc. I also realize that the drugs would be more consistent, and probably safer, if they were sold in stores. I also realize that while petty crime from drug addict would most likely rise, organized crime would drop, almost to the point of being a fairy-tale of old-times.