reply to post by MikeboydUS
Would their lives have been as ruined if heroin and cocaine were legal and 1/10th or less the price?
IE They wouldn't have had to associate with violent criminals, they wouldn't have had to steal to support their addiction, and they wouldn't have
gotten records that destroy their lives. Instead, they would have just gotten medical treatment if they wanted it.
Also, don't bring up any overdose deaths. Those probably would have been avoided if heroin and crack were legal; when they're illegal, you don't
know the potency of the drugs while they're written on the bottle if they're legal. For example, a glass of beer won't even get you (well, me
)
buzzed while a glass of everclear will kill you. Since you don't taste heroin and crack, you don't know the potency until after you've already
taken them.
Example: Cigarettes, more addictive than heroin. However, not many people steal to support their addiction because cigarettes are dirt cheap as a
result of their being legal. They also don't get their lives ruined with jail time and criminal records. They also don't get drawn into other
crimes because they don't have to associate with criminals to get their nicotine fix.
If cigarettes were illegal, they would have to steal to support their addictions, they would get jail time and criminal records, and they would have
to associate with criminals to get their nicotine fix. Their lives would be destroyed in that system.
[edit on 3/24/09 by RedDragon]
[edit on 3/24/09 by RedDragon]
