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Originally Posted by bumclot
I guess that is an oversimplification. But would things be a lot worse if all drugs were legal? True, I only know a few people that use hard drugs, but from what I have seen from documentaries and other sources, hardcore addicts don't seem to have trouble getting drugs, and it also seems rehabilitation programs rarely work, so if more money could be focused on rehabilitation through total legalization, maybe there would be more progress against addiction to hard drugs.
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You make a great point, and I also agree that more money needs to be spent on rehabilitation programs...as opposed to locking up perfectly normal people, who just so happen to be slave to a drug addiction. In retrospect, we all know what happened during the prohibition of alcohol, and of course, we know what the final outcome was. I think that as long as there are enough people who advocate its use, all sorts of mind-altering drugs could eventually become legal. But I think the best use of our resources - at least for right now - would be to focus on legalizing/decriminalizing the substance that has multiple well-known beneficial properties.
Plus, we have a much better shot at all-out legalization of marijuana than we do with all drugs in general. And sadly,
that's still a long shot...