Recently there have been some drug house killings which is usually quite normal in Detroit but this time kids were involved (a number of times) and this has set off some concern.
I have quit ranting about legalizing drugs but a few columnists brought it up again even though it does absolutely no good because it falls on deaf ears but here it goes anyway…
You could stop a lot of the crime related to drug sale and use if you took the profit out of it and the only way to do that is to legalize it.
Let me explain.
Allow pharmaceutical companies to make and sell a variety of drugs. Allow certain pharmacies sell measured doses of these drugs (small amounts). The buyer would have to register as a drug user but it would be totally legal.
The drugs would be affordable and clean – no poison mixed in. The drugs would be taxed and controlled just like liquor is.
The tax money collected would be used to open free clinics for addicts that are looking to come clean.
Since drugs would be affordable and available, the need for drug dealers and drug houses would disappear.
The billions now spent on drug enforcement would be reduced but you would still need agents to make sure all laws are obeyed (like the ATF does currently)(Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms).
The rationale is based on the FACT that we will NEVER win the war on drugs and people that want drugs will ALWAYS get them one way or another so it is really, really STUPID to try and prevent them from getting drugs.
I have argued the same for legalizing prostitution but I guess the people in our society feel that legalizing drugs or prostitution is somehow against their fundamental idea of what is right and what is wrong or at least what should be right or wrong.
Well I think we need to change our way of thinking. Basically a demand is always satisfied whether legal or not and that is FACT. Prostitution satisfies a basic demand that has been around since the beginning of time; why do we try to pretend it does not exist, is it because of the Bible?
Sounds too complicated to analyze and I will not see drugs or prostitution legalized in my lifetime anyway so it is hopeless…
I have quit ranting about legalizing drugs but a few columnists brought it up again even though it does absolutely no good because it falls on deaf ears but here it goes anyway…
You could stop a lot of the crime related to drug sale and use if you took the profit out of it and the only way to do that is to legalize it.
Let me explain.
Allow pharmaceutical companies to make and sell a variety of drugs. Allow certain pharmacies sell measured doses of these drugs (small amounts). The buyer would have to register as a drug user but it would be totally legal.
The drugs would be affordable and clean – no poison mixed in. The drugs would be taxed and controlled just like liquor is.
The tax money collected would be used to open free clinics for addicts that are looking to come clean.
Since drugs would be affordable and available, the need for drug dealers and drug houses would disappear.
The billions now spent on drug enforcement would be reduced but you would still need agents to make sure all laws are obeyed (like the ATF does currently)(Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms).
The rationale is based on the FACT that we will NEVER win the war on drugs and people that want drugs will ALWAYS get them one way or another so it is really, really STUPID to try and prevent them from getting drugs.
I have argued the same for legalizing prostitution but I guess the people in our society feel that legalizing drugs or prostitution is somehow against their fundamental idea of what is right and what is wrong or at least what should be right or wrong.
Well I think we need to change our way of thinking. Basically a demand is always satisfied whether legal or not and that is FACT. Prostitution satisfies a basic demand that has been around since the beginning of time; why do we try to pretend it does not exist, is it because of the Bible?
Sounds too complicated to analyze and I will not see drugs or prostitution legalized in my lifetime anyway so it is hopeless…
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