Quote Originally Posted by denialisback
...If drugs were free (i.e. unsurpressed) and money didnt exist, crime wouldn't exist at all...
(why? what would there be to gain.. or reason to kill other than self gain, but what self gain is the question?)
Quote Originally Posted by ArgoSG
Know what also works for stopping the criminal gangs from selling a criminalized substance? Decriminalizing it. See: Alcohol.

The problem is not very complicated. There is no way to even have an -argument- about legalizing cannabis in our society. Ask yourselves why this is the case?
I don't agree. (what else is new...lol) Y'all act as if drug addicts are a responsible group of citizens able to maintain and think straight.
But enough people lose the ability to make rational decisions when smacked-back, tripping, tweaking or drunk, to make it a dangerous social experiment.

Ok...let's say drugs are legal. Now let them drive cars, put 'em behind the wheel of school buses, trains and planes...let 'em triage patients in emergency rooms, let 'em work in the gun shops, protect the mall, teach or babysit our children, or do our taxes...

It's not only the violence involved with getting the drugs...it's what happens after ingestion that put's the rest of us at risk.

There are still laws dictating alcohol consumption. Even wandering down the boardwalk while intoxicated can result in an arrest. With age restrictions, workplace restrictions, driving restrictions, alcohol is not nearly as "legal" as y'all make it out to be.