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Historically any drug that is unlawful, has a tendency to be abused. When a drug is de-criminalized it is abused less, look at what happened to alcohol (prohibition). Drew
Don't get me wrong, Drew. I AM IN FAVOR OF LEGALIZATION OF *ALL* DRUGS! The current $15-20B/year spent on the war on drugs would much better be spent on education and treatment - people need to be taught the truth about drugs, not the demonization theology that every teenager quickly figures out is a hypocritical lie. Treatment will always be needed because even given the right information, some people will make the wrong decisions - observe our current obesity epidemic. If a person kills someone while DUI, we have laws against vehicular manslaughter to prosecute them -- we are spending way too much time and resource focusing on drugs and not nearly enough time and resource focusing on true undesirable behavior. If someone robs a 7/11, I don't care if it was to get money for crack or gasoline - the robbery was the crime, not the possession of the crack pipe in his pocket, and we should be able to "punish" that robbery behavior - if during the judicial process it turns out that the guy was a crackhead, we can offer treatment for that, just like we could teach him to read if he was illiterate... OK enough Libertarian Soap Box for one day
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