Legalize drug use and create a society of zombies?

Well not necessarily. Let me tell you why. If a drug dealer is selling crack,meth, and weed. You are persuaded to buy meth.

But when you can sale weed in cafe's you wouldn't be exposed to other drugs. So therefore it is saving money. And because of the taxes weed would have, earn more money for the government.

False premise.

How many people do you really think don't do drugs just because they are illegal?

Not to mention, how much loss of productivity we already have due to the use (and abuse) of *legal* pharmaceuticals, and of course - alcohol.

*HUNDREDS* of billions get thrown into the 'war on drugs' money pit every year - and have done nothing to stem the flow of drugs into the US. Instead, they have built up massive drug cartels - with any seizures that they do make just increasing the street price due to limited supply.

Legalization of all drugs across the board would see the price drop overnight - the cartels would dry up (or shift their focus back to human trafficking). Regulate and tax the sh** out of the stuff, and spend a tiny fraction of the 'war on drugs' money to helping rehabilitate those who want to get clean.

Important note - just because drugs would be 'legal' would not mean that an employer couldn't drug test you - they are paying you money to do a job, and if any habit/addiction (whether drug related, alcohol, internet/facebook/porn, etc) is preventing you from performing to their expectations (or meeting safety standards), you could still be out on your azz fast.

On top of that - releasing all of the first-time non-violent drug offenders from prison (and getting them out of the legal system would solve the prison overcrowding problem and the backlog of court cases.

It's frustrating though - because it will never happen. At least not any time soon. Too many pockets are being padded with bribes and payoffs - at all levels of government ,both local and federal. These people have a vested interest in keeping drugs illegal, prices high, and cash flowing into their coffers.

I remember my Dad (a staunch right-wing conservative) saying this since the early 80's. It's time to wake the f**k up, and realize that the 'war on drugs' is a miserable failure.

hmm. properly maximum drugs have extreme lengthy time period and couple of minutes period consequences which reason bring about the authorities spending billion in well-being care etc. also maximum drugs may reason psychological well-being complications, such issues as melancholy/social isolation ect will in all likelihood bring about severe unemployment, severe type of school/college drop outs which will impact the commercial device extremely badly. also drugs will bring about severe criminal interest, this too would have a very undesirable impact on the commercial device in view that huge quantities could be spent on that. it truly is more effective useful for the authorities to spend on struggling with drugs/elevating understanding on the outcomes on drugs to the more youthful technology to help ward off a cheap complications and the ruin of many people's lives

The assumption that drug use would result in a loss of productivity is precisely that - an assumption.

The impression that drug addicts give of being layabouts and nobodies is only there because of the social stigmatism that people attach to them.

Think about the massively wealthy celebrities and various winners in business who are admitted drug users, people just turn a blind eye to it so long as they keep pumping out the money.

Society creates the need for us to want to use drugs by stressing and depressing us.I feel marijuanna is good drug for easing the mind and frustration so people won't be angry and bitter and take their frustrations out on innocent people.

Coke, crack and meth would increase productivity rapidly, and so would opiates. I really enjoy doing opiates an I get a rush when I do them and often get so much done. As for acid, shrooms, and other trippy drugs idk but I think it should be MY choice what I put in MY body as long as I'm not hurting anyone.

Um... No...

Prohibition of Alcohol didn't do anything but drive the cost of booze through the roof...

Prohibition of Marijuana hasn't done anything but turn a College Student with a Joint into a criminal...

Your argument doesn't hold water for the simple fact that Alcohol is legally, morally, and socially acceptable in the United States.

What is the difference between President Obama having cocktails at the White House and me smoking some Marijuana on a Friday Night to relax?

I haven't consumed marijuana since 2006. I smoked it about twice a month on a Friday or Saturday Night instead of having a few glasses of wine or a few beers to relax...

I stopped reacting positively to the marijuana, it started to trigger anxiety, so I stopped using it.

"But marijuana is addictive." Yes... Yes it is... For 9% of the 30% of the population of humanity that has the genetic predisposition for addiction colloquially known as "The Addiction Gene". (An alteration in brain formation, specifically in the GABA-1 Receptors in the frontal lobe.)

But let us move on to the more harmful drugs of Opiates, Coke, Speed, etc.

Prohibition of these substances hasn't done a damn thing to prevent its production, transport, or use.

Prohibition has only resulted in substances with dangerous adulteration, unchecked usage, untreated addiction, child abuse, violence, and death.

Programs in the UK where they "REGULATE" narcotics and other addictive substances has greatly decreased the violence, crime, and health problems associated with use of HORRIBLE drugs...

The government provides or regulates the substances and provides treatment for those that want it... They have their doses regulated and quality checked and when they finally hit rock bottom, they provide long term treatment options to get them off of drugs.

What most people don't understand is that if you have the biology for addiction, you WILL HAVE ADDICTION PROBLEMS in your life, regardless of what triggers the pathways in the brain... By treating addiction as something that isn't a predictable, biological and psychological process and put unwarranted shame and blame on people that are victims of their brain biology only leads to people never seeking treatment and causing severe harm to society.

People that end up in In-Treatment Addiction Treatment are almost GUARANTEED to be victims of abuse and molestation in their childhood...

Child Abuse is almost always hand in hand with substance abuse...

Stop the addiction/substance abuse by regulating it and treating it with REALITY known to all and you also cut into the rates of CHILD ABUSE! (Physical, Mental, Sexual, Emotional...)

But I digress... I could go in to this all day from the point of view of Psychology and Addiction Medicine...

I HIGHLY recommend you watch a docu-drama called "BBC If... Drugs were Legal" and its follow up program "BBC If... Drugs were legal. The "If" Debate."

If... Drugs Were Legal

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/if/4075235.s...

Evidence from Switzerland suggests that prescribing heroin can reduce crime and increase levels of employment among addicts. While still illegal in the UK, cannabis was downgraded to a category C drug in January 2004. Would drug legalisation really reduce crime overall, and would it make drug use any safer?

Video: http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&...

I say only weed should be legal, I myself do not use it but I think it should be.

other drugs like pcp,coke, ect ect can do a lot of damage.

We already have a society full of zombies, including ME!