Why the war on drugs will never be won

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You need to explain this one to us. What makes alcohol worse? Your reasoning for why drugs should be illegal is very similar to the arguments used by those in favor of Prohibition and I think we all know how well that worked out.


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I can enjoy alcohol every weekend, have a good time, and no one gets hurt. I cant enjoy crystal meth on the weekends in between work, school, and my family. Period. Duh. Did you really need that explained or are you playing dumb to make some kind of point?


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I have already pointed out that underage drinking is rampant.

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Here's another no brainer. If alcohol became legal to all ages, would underage drinking go up a lot or go down a lot? Big deal? Maybe, but we're not talking about alcohol, you want to legalize all drugs. Now, think about this one - if crystal meth became legal, would use of crystal meth go up a lot, or down a lot?

Its just difficult to argue with people who have never seen a meth or heroine addict and think its noble to fight for a cause to let people exercise their God given rights to ruin their lives and the lives of everyone that loves them and/or depends on them with these drugs - rather than do the sensible thing and try as best as we can as a society to prevent as many people as possible from being lured into these temptations by preemptively eliminating as much supply as possible and making people aware of their effects.

Allow me to quote a poster from OOT:

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A friend of mine that got hooked on meth has lost his wife and two kids, a succesful small business, and as far as I know every friend that he had before he became an addict.

He has stolen from his best friend and business partner (amongst others) along with causing them to default on a sizable business loan.

I talked to him several times a week for years. I don't even know if he's alive.


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Stories like this would be a dime a dozen if heroine and meth were cheap and legal.