Legalizing all drugs and taxing them, what do you think?

I actaually did my term paper on this subject. I found that this was a pretty interesting idea. It's true that if any particular drug were to be made legal it would then make the demand for that drug in the street very small. Thus it would reduce the violence associated with that drugs trade in the street. We in the U.S. are still spending millions and millions of dollars every year to fight a so called "war on drugs". My question was and still is why spend so much money to fight what is obviously a losing battle? After all most people, even in the most rural of areas can still locate and purchase almost anything they want! Why not legalize, let the people who are going to purchase drugs anyway do so in a safe manner, tax the hell out of the stuff and use the money in a productive way? I'm sure some will say that legalizing would only promote addiction, but thats not necessarily true. Take cigarettes for example. They're legal and addictive, but yet the majority of Americans don't smoke. Why? Because we have been educated enough to know the associated risks and have made a conscious decision not to. If more kids were to be educated more about the harmful effects of drugs, and not just the penalties that result from their use we could take the focus of drug use from where its at now, which is primarily a legal issue, to where it needs to be, and thats a health issue.

Pros: well basically yea it would be good for the rehab facilities and the government would get a lot of money

Cons: everybody goin crazy rehab facilities overpopulated and people who wouldn't ever start gettin drugs would start taking some and yea a lot more people would die

So yea I don't think its gonna b enought for ya paper and sry bout that but basically my opinion is that eventhough its gonna give a lot of money to the government its gonna b really bad for citizens

i dont think legalize is the answer. think about it..... if marijuana were legalized it would be taxed and on top of that due to health regulations and codes and laws or what have you...... the marijuana wouldn't be as HIGH (lol) quality as the stuff you can buy off the black market. plus the black market will never be able to be rid of. its there and its pretty amazing how it works actually. but to legalize marijuana still would not satisfy that marijuana consumer because it wouldnt be the type of weed they were looking for. those types would never be able to be sold in stores. i think marijuana should be "decriminalized" so we dont have so many people in jail just for being a little stoned when alcohol is much worse for you and america has bars on every corner asking us to come in a fcuk our bodies up. there is nothing wrong with the green stuff but im afraid making it actually legal would only be fcuking up the whole situation more than it already it.

I'm sorry but I don't like the topic of this paper.I'm trying to think of how you can validate the pros and cons.Think in regards to the lottery tax...Where does are tax money really go, it's supposed to help our school systems...I would write a paper on legalizing Dr. assistance in suicide deaths, lots of pros and cons in that issue.

I think there would always be crime because the drugs on the street will always be a lot cheaper than the legal drugs.

I think a lot of people that otherwise would not do them would try them when the stigma is off.

Probably not a good idea though for me personally, I would like it. I love pot and E.

In my opinion, some drugs are just to dangerous to legalize. (Cocaine & Heroin) Other drugs such as Marijuana, Speed, and Ecstacy could be legalized.

Marijuana could be an enourmous tax cash cow for state and federal gov'ts. Medical patients would be satisfied as well as casual users. Additionally, usage would go down! Part of the allure of drugs is that they are illegal and taboo.

Marijuana and Ecstacy are mostly harmless, MOSTLY, so legalization with hella big taxation would be good for revenues. Crack, Heroin and Meth though are just too dangerous.

ive been in support of this for a long time. govt gets big taxes like with tobbaacco and alcohol. since its legal gangs and dealers cant make money off of it crime rates (rape murder robery etc) drop due to drop in prices (more affordable to the users) and there really wont be that big a change in the number of users because you either will or wont do it. and lastly the users would be contributing to society instead of draining over worked over taxed systens (medicaid etc)

Just marajuana. Sell it like they do at ABC stores. Part of the money should go to rehab (which there are definitely not enough of), part to "the war on drugs", and part to help tobacco and other small farmers transition to growing this crop.

All drugs? Not a chance. Have you ever seen someone hooked on meth? Or heroin? Watch someone go through withdraw from these drugs. I saw someone stab someone else in the neck with a pencil during a meth withdraw. Paranoid delusions.

Just think of all the stupid people that would be walking around or driving.. I'd sure hate to later find out someone high on drugs killed a family member.. wouldn't you hate it.