Jeremae
Member
Most of the normal arguments pro/con to legalizing recreational drugs are being addressed here so I would like to make a point about the stance:
"The current welfare state must be done away with before I support legalizing drugs because I don't want to pay for junkies medical care/food/housing"
Regardless if drug addicts can live reponsible/productive lives (which my first hand experience is they can but many don't mainly because they would be irresponsible/nonproductive without drug addiction due to other mental problems), you are ALREADY paying for their care/support.
Does it make sense to pile on the cost of fighting the drug war (economic to support police/courts/prisons and civil rights curtailment) on top of what society already pays to take care of the disenfranchised?
Personally, I think they should provide drug of choice right along with welfare. It would be cheaper directly (no major drug cartel making obscene profits because the product is illegal (Cost of legal cocaine Aprox $1.25 street cost aprox $100)) and indirectly (druggies don't need to break into my house to steal my possessions for pennies on the dollar to support their habit)
"The current welfare state must be done away with before I support legalizing drugs because I don't want to pay for junkies medical care/food/housing"
Regardless if drug addicts can live reponsible/productive lives (which my first hand experience is they can but many don't mainly because they would be irresponsible/nonproductive without drug addiction due to other mental problems), you are ALREADY paying for their care/support.
Does it make sense to pile on the cost of fighting the drug war (economic to support police/courts/prisons and civil rights curtailment) on top of what society already pays to take care of the disenfranchised?
Personally, I think they should provide drug of choice right along with welfare. It would be cheaper directly (no major drug cartel making obscene profits because the product is illegal (Cost of legal cocaine Aprox $1.25 street cost aprox $100)) and indirectly (druggies don't need to break into my house to steal my possessions for pennies on the dollar to support their habit)