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Drugs: Why not legalize?

Posted Nov 7, '09 at 12:18am

devos12

devos12

40 posts

Iron - Serf

yes weed does no real harm to the human body and also if hard drugs were legalized im not saying it wouldn't be safer and im not saying it would be safer if it were ilegal all im saying is that it would be easy for juveniles to get their hands on the stuff and it would probably ruin their life and the death rat would probably decrease a little every two years due to the fact that big citys have more people who use drugs like miami or chicago

 

Posted Nov 7, '09 at 12:20am

thisisnotanalt

thisisnotanalt

6,154 posts

Wood - Queen

There is absolutely no proof for that.  The strongest alcohol that is also affordable is moonshine, which is illegal.

Lemme give you an example.

Take LSD.  One of the key things to make it is a deadly poison, stricnide.  And with homemade equipment, it's possible that stricnide will leak into the final product due to bad equipment.  If the stuff is made in factories, the leakage risk will be much reduced and LSD will be less dangerous to use.  Therefore, less people will die.  ALSO, legalizing all of the hard drugs takes out a multi-billion dollar black market that's thrown much of Mexico into dystopia and leaves thousands of people dead each year.  This is a key point to my argument that you're totally ignoring.  If hard drugs are legalized, the black market will shrink monumentally.  Like what happened after prohibition was repealed. 

wrong, thats called moonshine and it happens all the time. 

I know.  It's only somewhat common in a few areas.

thats because the vast majority of the moonshine made is made in the south near the Appalachian Mountains.

Vast majority =/= all of it

There is absolutely no proof for that.  The strongest alcohol that is also affordable is moonshine, which is illegal.

This proves my point.  The moonshine market is very dangerous and very small when looked at globally.  The black market for hard drugs is just as dangerous but much, much larger and much, much deadlier.  If hard drugs are legalized, the black market will shrink, much less people will die, and the stuff commercially produced will be less danherous than the homemade stuff.  You can't possibly think that beer is more dangerous than moonshine.

 

Posted Nov 7, '09 at 12:23am

devos12

devos12

40 posts

Iron - Serf

even then the black market would still be like a 20 billion a year industry and why do you want factorys to manufacture drugs

 

Posted Nov 7, '09 at 12:25am

thisisnotanalt

thisisnotanalt

6,154 posts

Wood - Queen

The black market would be almost nonexistent.  IT would be a niche market, like moonshine.

The factories will make them safer than the druggies in old sinks and toilets.  The risk of contamination and/or a bad product will be reduced, and the drug addicts will be in less danger.

 

Posted Nov 7, '09 at 12:26am

Moe

Moe

258 posts

Gold - Squire

The moonshine market is very dangerous and very small when looked at globally. 

You can't look at it globally because it only effects the USA.

and the whole LSD thing.  Well to put it simply, LSD is bad for you and there is no way to make it better.

The black market would be almost nonexistent.  IT would be a niche market, like moonshine.

Moonshine, if I remember correctly, is a multi billion dollar a year industry.

 

Posted Nov 7, '09 at 12:29am

devos12

devos12

40 posts

Iron - Serf

just to list a few things that make up the black market that also make as much money as drugs do
Gun smuggling
Human trafficking
Blood diamonds
Stolen vehicles
Hit contracts
My point is the black market would still be large and out there

 

Posted Nov 7, '09 at 12:30am

Moe

Moe

258 posts

Gold - Squire

You forgot moonshine on your list.

 

Posted Nov 7, '09 at 12:32am

TSL3_needed

TSL3_needed

3,614 posts

Iron - Prince

Legalize? No.

Decriminalize? Yes. A good part of our prison system is made up of non-violent felons. THAT IS TOO MUCH!!!

I say legalize weed. Weed can make us billions.

 

Posted Nov 7, '09 at 12:34am

devos12

devos12

40 posts

Iron - Serf

well you had it on the above post
And weed should be legal all it really does is Paralyze brain cells until your high is over

 

Posted Nov 7, '09 at 12:34am

Moabarmorgamer

Moabarmorgamer

1,897 posts

Iron - Duke

Alright. I'm jumping in.

You can't look at it globally because it only effects the USA.

That is totally untrue. The black market affects the whole world.

and the whole LSD thing.  Well to put it simply, LSD is bad for you and there is no way to make it better.

Yes, LSD is bad for you. But there is a way to make it better. If it is government regulated, the black market in drugs will reduce in size and the drugs will also be more healthy. Also, the government will make money off it from taxes.

Moonshine, if I remember correctly, is a multi billion dollar a year industry.

And can you list a valid source for that information?
just to list a few things that make up the black market that also make as much money as drugs do
Gun smuggling
Human trafficking
Blood diamonds
Stolen vehicles
Hit contracts
My point is the black market would still be large and out there

He never said that the black market would completely disappear; but any decrease in it would be an improvement. And if something's legal, there is no reason to go to the black market for it. It's simple logic.
Hope you don't mind, Alt.

 
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