Originally Posted by stevelyn
Originally Posted by RobJordan
I work in the court system. I see first hand the personal carnage that methamphetamine wreaks in the lives of people who use it. At least four things happen: their health goes to [bleep] (which means I have to pay for their decision to abuse drugs); their kids turn to [bleep] (which means I have to pick-up the tab for them too); they turn to property crimes to feed their habit (which means they steal my property and I have to pay for police protection and jails in consequence of their behavior) and finally, they can't work, which means I have to buy their groceries and pay their rent.

So if drug use goes way up (which it will with legalization, don't kid yourself) then these negative externalities will also skyrocket.

How is that situation a "solution"?



Horseschitt. Those with a propensity to use drugs will. Those who don't wont. Just like alcohol and alcoholics.

The only thing legalization will do is undermine the black-market profits that the dealers and suppliers are exploiting now.

When was the last time you heard of liquor merchants having a shootout or organizing into criminal organizations?

BTW, since we are exhibiting our bona fides, I too work in the legal industry on the street where it all takes place.


Funny you ask. Alcohol abuse is a huge problem where I live. As a consequence we see: increasd health care costs, increased domestic violence (I would estimate 90% of our DV cases are alcohol or drug related), increased intra-family conflict and dysfunction and increased risk to public safety from intoxicated drivers. Interestingly, DUI's have decreased nationally with mandatory license suspension (i.e., mandatory, harsher punishment).


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