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Should Cocaine Be Legal?
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Erlinn
I'm going to jump into what looks like the middle of a rousing debate and just randomly drop my opinion.
Sure, go ahead and legalize cocaine. If people are going to do it, they're going to do it. Period. If it's legal, then they just won't do it so quietly. I'm not saying sell it in stores in between the Cheerios and the Cheez-Whiz, but I don't see how anything would change other than the drop in drug trafficking-related crimes. Since, you know, THERE'D BE NO DRUGS TO TRAFFIC.
EDIT: Oh, and the drinking age of 21 is for the weak! Move to Scotland and drink at 18 like the real men!
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TheMediator
It's a matter of whether or not your body is mature enough to handle the alcohol. For someone with a still-developing brain, drugs can have quite an affect.
Their bodies are not mature enough to have alcohol, but they're mature enough to get shot up and blow apart? Meh, not really a valid argument. If you're old enough to die, you're old enough to drink IMO.
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Terricjason1
Every year, an underworld thrives on illicit drug trafficing. If the government were to sanction the production of cocaine and heroine for commercial consumption, the base of these industries would be swept off thier feet. They would go out of business. Applying the proper tax on the industry, and the lower amount of money paid on DEA type activities, the US could stand to make a large profit instead of deficit.
But, would the ends justify the means? Would cocain and heroin available to our children really be the solution to a financial crisis?
PS. You get ten points if you can accurately guess my personal stance before I announce it.
No, cocaine and heroin are worth protecting against the general population the main reasons being
1. cocaine and heroin are extremely addictive, people kill for it and costs people thousands of dollars
2. people tend to have adverse effects from these and other drugs
3. drug trafficing would probably not decrease infact i believe it would actually rise due to the major demand for the drugs violence in areas would most likely also increase
4. Using heroin and even crack can be concealed easily making government officials and other important people more prone to corruption, greed etc
5.Other drugs such as meth will most likely be tried due to the curiosity and most all other drugs would likely be explored by young people leading to future problems and violence
There are many other reasons drugs like these should not be legalized, im no expert but i strongly believe any type of drug that causes these effects should never be available to everyone, it would be like giving a gun to a baby
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carenician
I was viewing a television extraordinary on disclosure (may have been e or something like station) called cocaine country. Initially Cocaine was legitimate, however, individuals would go nuts on it, similar to a cokehead, and turn out to be messy and be difficult to control. I think the illegalization of it really started in view of racial reasons-whites were worried about the possibility that that blacks would get jumped up on coke, end up noticeably difficult to repress and assault white ladies. I trust they said coke utilize was more common among blacks around then since it was harder for them to get liquor and simple to get the coke.
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Watcherprime
I would argue with the RAND Corporation study that shows that the treatment of heavy users would drop use of cocaine by 1% for a fraction of the costs of traditional enforcement options.
If memory serves, it would take a factor of 5 for local enforcement, a factor of 50 for border interdiction and a factor of 200 for military operations to offer the same reduction in usage according to the study.
Granted, the study was done in 1990 so the numbers likely need adjustment but I would think a refocus of our efforts would serve our goals better if we are looking to reduce the long term impact of drug use and the number of heavy users.
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kyriexo
Yeah but that would take all the fun out of it, wouldn't it?
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Myrroddin
If a federal government legalized any and all drugs, then there should be one simple rule: you get one free fix from medical services if you overdose. Then you get put on a list, and doctors, nurses, paramedics, etc, check your ID. If your ID is on the list, they walk away and you die.
Why so harsh? That's simple too. It costs an outrageous amount of money to resuscitate an overdose, and repeat offenders should not drain the bank because they are stupid. Also, it is an enormous waste of time. I'd rather have medical staff help heart attack victims, or strokes, or people from traffic accidents. My point is that the quantity of time and money drug users contribute to tax reserves is dwarfed by the amount they take out because of their dumb decision to get high.
The same goes with Marijuana. For a "harmless" drug, a fair quantity of people who are high end up doing things that put themselves or others in harm's way. Feeling the buzz and suddenly you run a red light and hit a kid on a crosswalk. Yeah, that happens. There is no such thing as a "harmless" drug.
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Simonmon
And then instead of having cool Miami Vice-style action movies with cops chasing down gangs of drug dealers, we'd be left with movies about revenue agents auditing the books of legal corporate drug manufacturers.
Seriously? Are you crazy? Making hard drugs legal would completely wreck Hollywood and ruin the economy, sending us into a decades-long recession.
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