Recreational Drug Use Legalization

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by glatt

I think drug users should not go to prison for using drugs. Doesn't matter if they are doing heroin or pot. Don't lock them up unless they are committing another crime.

I think pot is pretty benign, and should be legal but regulated, like booze and tobacco.

I'm not sure about dealers of "hard drugs." Heroin, crystal meth, etc. are very harmful to society, and the people who deal that shit are a problem.

Yea, I agree, well about the pot thing. And here is the rub, since I work in health care I see first hand the damage other more serious drugs do to people, family, society at large. I could never agree to legalize the more hard core stuff and I still think they should be penalized and go to jail or some prison camp or something made just for drug offenders. The hard core drugs have a significant toll on our society.

Which brings us to "The War on Drugs". The only way to stem the tide is to decrease demand. But since that obviously has not worked worth a damm, than what?