Indeed. Legalisation means...
... that drug use can be treated like the health problem it is
... that crime rates would fall, fewer things being illegal
... that pushers would be eliminated
... that street prices would fall (because of the last point)
... that crime would fall further (because of the last point)
... that supplier prices would rise (because of the legitimacy)
... that places like Afghanistan and Colombia would become wealthier (because of the last point)
... that places like Afghanistan and Colombia would become more stable (because of the last point)
... that the world would become a safer place (because of the last point).

Don't get me wrong: I think that a lot of drug use is immensely damaging, immensely foolish, and turns many people into psychos or bores. But a lot of it is also pretty unproblematic - ecstacy is pretty safe, for example. I'm all for people being less boxed less of the time - but driving the trade underground is a very silly way to go about it.

/rant over.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 10:07, Reply)