Is legalizing drugs, even the presently illegal ones, a good strategy?

[msc545]

If we legalized all drugs, the bottom would fall out of the illegal drug trade which would no longer be profitable, and law enforcement could actually concentrate on real crimes instead of victimless ones like drug use. Drug addiction is a medical problem, not a legal problem.

Yes - legalize all drugs!

No, illegal drugs should continue to be illegal.

[RealMarek]

I could go either way with this depending on the quality of the government. Drug use can be more or less reduced to near zero if enforcement is vigilantly applied with no exceptions. Japan has proved this to be the case. In Japan, crimes are almost always solved and you get punished consistently with the law no matter who you are. This is impossible in the US, with its deeply entrenched and increasingly ineffective oligarchy. Our law enforcement is dysfunctional almost by design and our justice system is unevenly applied and favors the wealthy or connected. Under these circumstances the drug laws are tremendously damaging to lower classes. We would do better to focus on strict enforcement of bans on very dangerous substances like fentanyl and reduce focus on marijuana.

[Rosexøxø]

I’m confused and don’t see either as a good thing.

Seems like you want one negative to prevent an escalated negative. Negative is negative.

These are all negatives and don’t address or dilute the problem that remains a problem.

Therefor, I don’t have much opinion on legalizing or non-legalizations.

I think for the pure matter that these sources are not administered in logical doses- with reasonable cause- and a moral ethical use, then they’re naturally a threat and remain to be always in the wrong hands of: corrupt and those who lack self-discipline.

I theorized a different potential solution which would not include legal or non legal, but since it should be addressed and considered. I’d say it should remain illegal because it does more harm than good. Supposedly, and arguably.

[Rosexøxø]

Voted B

[DryGermanGuy]

Changing just one aspect of society never helps that much - because everything is intertwined. I would agree with decriminalization, it's useless to fill American prisons with Joe Shmoe pot and meth smokers. Additionally you would need a much broader public health care system, especially against addictions and mental problems. And on top of that mechanisms to tackle the homeless crisis.

[msc545]

We will never get good healthcare access or anything to effectively deal with the homeless crisis. That said, decriminalizing drugs would help a lot to save money that the government can then spend on the military.

[Jccowen77]

I think so. Narcotics being illegal has worked about as well as Prohibition did. All it does is make very bad people exceptionally rich and get a lot of people killed.

[exitseven]

Young people do not have the capacity to make good decisions about illegal drug use. It is bad enough now, imagine if drugs were legal how many junkies there will be , breaking into your car and stealing your stereo.

[lottiebannotie]

I honestly think so it would ruin organised crime which can only be a good thing

[NathanDavis]

it does not solve anything

[msc545]

It solves the problem of spending tons of money to pay cops to chase drug dealers.

[NathanDavis]

guns are legal to buy and sell... the black market for them still exists and persists as a costly problem

same with legal drugs... so, the other drugs won't be different

[msc545]

False equivalence.

[NathanDavis]

already proven... for all those states that legalized weed, and they are strill trafficking the green over the other green

and then, we only see what we want to see... go figure

[msc545]

That is because of all the bureaucracy that has attached itself to growing the stuff. we have that problem in California too where it is 100% legal. That however doe not mean it should not be legalized.

[NathanDavis]

glad you agree and see the facts

you did not ask about the idealization of it but the effectiveness, right?

because a good strategy aims to actual results... and not to nice ideas on paper

[msc545]

reread what I wrote, please. I am not in agreement with you at all.

[NathanDavis]

you realized it though... just didn't verbalize it because, well... inertia

[msc545]

No, I did not.

[joeldalton]

Legalize it. don’t criticize it.