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Should drugs (weed, cocaine, meth ect.) be legalized?

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~TurkEvulture Jul 20, 2012

I've been involved in this debate perviously, and it's a tough call. If we legalize drugs,would crimerates go down? Would fewer people abuse them? Are we ready to take that risk? Or should the governments just step up it's efforts to punish those who sell and do drugs? Anyone ever been to Kuala Lumpur?

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*Debit Aug 7, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Everything else being equal, I tend to not like stuffing ourselves with a legislation after a legislation choking ourselves with what are legal and not. However, the issue that policymakers should go over are externalities, not drug use by itself. That is, if we decide to severely crack down on drug use and commerce, then we have to expand law enforcement and build more prisons. On the other hand, if we leave each to his/her own, then there are issues like drug den causing neighboring real estate value to dip, how to deal with drug addicts, and so on. In either case, we have to deal with cost associated with either options.

~DavidScript Aug 6, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

I'm sorry, but why the fuck would there be less drug abuse if drugs become legal...

~hustlerdu Aug 7, 2012

it happened like that in the netherlands

~DavidScript Aug 7, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

We should make out

~hustlerdu Aug 7, 2012

aight jus lemme get high first

~TurkEvulture Aug 6, 2012

Whoops. I meant to say if they became legal, would people lose interest in the drugs. Does that make more sense?

~DavidScript Aug 6, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Why would they lose interest in them? People aren't getting drugs just for the thrill of sneaking them.

~TurkEvulture Aug 6, 2012

Thanks for your opinion.

~angelxxuan Aug 5, 2012 Professional Writer

if drugs were legal, the prisons would have more room for "the real criminals" but there could be more crime rate. people do crazy things when on drugs, it's all over the news. so legalizing it could push the crime rate up, it might level out, but what about those who need the money to buy these things, so another crime rate might come about? there's a difference between users and abusers, but that line becomes blurred or people just don't know where the line is. over using isn't helpful, and I don't know, I find it troublesome enough that people are drinking/texting while driving, doing drugs could be worse. I think they should keep it as, until "they" can prove otherwise that "they" can handle and function

(they, implying the users as a whole)

*Kiwi-Punch Aug 5, 2012 Student Digital Artist

Why not? We can cripple illegal drug markets. I think it's a great political strategy.

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