What if drugs were legalised?
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Onviranimus said:
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Broad and specific declaratives without supporting arguments. If you're being humorous, that's fine, but the tone of your post is inconsistent and it sounds like you believe what you're saying, in which case.....
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A) Get over yourself.
B) Revisit your Elements of Reasoning (or like) textbook and try and spot all the logical fallacies in both this statement and in your post in general.
If drugs were legalised they'd be immediately bought up by big pharma drug companies like GlaxoSmithKline, Astra Zeneca, Roche, Sanofi Aventis etc.
The drugs would be heavily regulated so no illegal drugs would be peddled, making drug dealers obsolete. More than obsolete actually. Being a drug dealer would be a massively retarded idea because if you were caught dealing illegal drugs you wouldn't just have the government after you, big pharma companies would destroy you. Worth it? Not by a long shot.
The drugs would be heavily regulated so no illegal drugs would be peddled, making drug dealers obsolete. More than obsolete actually. Being a drug dealer would be a massively retarded idea because if you were caught dealing illegal drugs you wouldn't just have the government after you, big pharma companies would destroy you. Worth it? Not by a long shot.
The only good I can see it doing is providing another means of taxation, with the possible addition of certain types of crimes decreasing in number. Other than that the increased availability might manage to kill off most of the common thugs: narcotic substances mixed with the I.Q attributed to the contents of a used tissue will be a sight to see.
It's hard to say. There are a lot of theories and contributing factors on how legalization would effect a country. Here's a few good points to ponder. Did drug's being illegel stop many addicts from becoming users at a younger age? Would you be more likely to use drugs if they were legal? What about trying out drugs because they are legal now.
You see the problem is that the Netherlands (atleast Amsterdam) is legal, and it works pretty well. You learn that crime and poverty (drug addiction) do not have to be the same thing. Some people are addicted and living on the streets, but with easier access to drugs there is less reason to steal to get their fix. The rest of the surrounding city has a cultural and quiet feel to it, and I have heard their policeforce is law abiding and strict.
I'm not sure if people would be more likely to use drugs if they were legal in North America/Commonwealth. Perhaps if you're prone to suggestability, or raised that drugs are ok. Many have speculated that people that were going to use drug's would and do so anyways. So why spend taxpayer dollars to put citizens in jail that are just trying to find an escape? Nevermind put in jail, who do you think pay's for living expenses? Thats another thing to ponder.
I can't answer this question for you however, its your opinion...but hope that helps with idea's that I've thought about.
You see the problem is that the Netherlands (atleast Amsterdam) is legal, and it works pretty well. You learn that crime and poverty (drug addiction) do not have to be the same thing. Some people are addicted and living on the streets, but with easier access to drugs there is less reason to steal to get their fix. The rest of the surrounding city has a cultural and quiet feel to it, and I have heard their policeforce is law abiding and strict.
I'm not sure if people would be more likely to use drugs if they were legal in North America/Commonwealth. Perhaps if you're prone to suggestability, or raised that drugs are ok. Many have speculated that people that were going to use drug's would and do so anyways. So why spend taxpayer dollars to put citizens in jail that are just trying to find an escape? Nevermind put in jail, who do you think pay's for living expenses? Thats another thing to ponder.
I can't answer this question for you however, its your opinion...but hope that helps with idea's that I've thought about.
I would guess more addicts and users etc but the damage to each individual and damage done by each individual would be lessened.
Organised crime would have to find another source of revenue. IDK what.
Society is different now, but most of this stuff was legal before WWI/prohibition. Have a look see what the issues were back then. IIRC the main reason behind heroin and coke being banned was the effect it would ahve on the fighting efficiency of the troops in the trenches and also what would happen if the supply of drugs suddenly stopped. I read somewhere that roughly 9/10 working class types in London in the late 1800's were on opium or heroin and once the negative side effects of physical addiction and withdrawal were realised the government decided that that was abit of a liability.
PS I support the idea although a certain amount of control would be needed.
Organised crime would have to find another source of revenue. IDK what.
Society is different now, but most of this stuff was legal before WWI/prohibition. Have a look see what the issues were back then. IIRC the main reason behind heroin and coke being banned was the effect it would ahve on the fighting efficiency of the troops in the trenches and also what would happen if the supply of drugs suddenly stopped. I read somewhere that roughly 9/10 working class types in London in the late 1800's were on opium or heroin and once the negative side effects of physical addiction and withdrawal were realised the government decided that that was abit of a liability.
PS I support the idea although a certain amount of control would be needed.
It depends on the drugs and how they came to be legalized.
If every single drug made was just up and legalized without any precautions? I'd predict mass chaos and a huge case of the munchies.
IF, however, certain drugs were legalized with precautions, I'd be more optimistic. Marijuana is debatably less harmless than tobacco, and it's legalization in the US is always challenged. Things like crack cocain, heroine, acid, etc..., however, shouldn't be legalized (I think anyway), but if they were purified and cleaned to an extent that it wouldn't be so dangerous to use even one time then it's legalization would be more probable.
It all depends on the situation, which drugs are legalized, how they are legalized, why they are, and a whole bunch of other reasons.
If every single drug made was just up and legalized without any precautions? I'd predict mass chaos and a huge case of the munchies.
IF, however, certain drugs were legalized with precautions, I'd be more optimistic. Marijuana is debatably less harmless than tobacco, and it's legalization in the US is always challenged. Things like crack cocain, heroine, acid, etc..., however, shouldn't be legalized (I think anyway), but if they were purified and cleaned to an extent that it wouldn't be so dangerous to use even one time then it's legalization would be more probable.
It all depends on the situation, which drugs are legalized, how they are legalized, why they are, and a whole bunch of other reasons.
If they made it legal they could set an age limit like drinking or smoking hell if they wanted they could put it at any age limit even at 100 to or 30 anyone under the age could still be fined while non-licensed sources of it would remain illegal (moonshine anyone?) plus it woulf likely make it just as illegal to smoke them or use them in public areas since children could be effected/tempted if done in open air spaces.
And for everyone saying nothing would get done? pretty sure with it not being legel yet alot of people wouldn't use it still some at least a majority of people could still get fired for showing up high to work or not showing up at or late like if they were drunk.
And for everyone saying nothing would get done? pretty sure with it not being legel yet alot of people wouldn't use it still some at least a majority of people could still get fired for showing up high to work or not showing up at or late like if they were drunk.
PoisonUnagi said:
Youve clearly never seen anyone on drugs. Marijuana users can barely move, speed users are busy running on the spot and ecstasy users are hugging everything that moves.
If your referring to crack and PCP see running on the spot.
I think drugs are legal in Portugal, and things are going quite well. I don't know the specifics, but it isn't as chaotic as most here seem to think it would be.
Absolutely nothing. People who do want to do drugs don't give a shit about the law and those that don't want to do drugs don't want to do so because of their own decision and not because they give a shit about the law.
You should write a report about how plenty of "drugs" like IBUProfen and Aspirin ARE legal.Glamorgan said:
If your teacher is any good, you'll get an A
WRONGAndyFromMonday said:
It would make them cheaper, it would take out the danger of using shady dealers, it would generate tons of tax revenue, and it would cripple criminal organizations that use drug sales for funding.
But everything ELSE would remain the same.