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How can anyone still support The War on Drugs?
it has been a failure and legalization will take a lot of power away from the black market. The War on Drugs is the government trying to curb the supply of drugs, but any economist knows that a reduce in supply leads to higher prices. That provides an incentive to the black market to profit billions. As far as curbing demand goes, that hasn't and will not work either. Isn't it time to end it?
Anyways no matter if it is a harmless drug like weed or a dangerous drug like heroin, if one wants to do drugs, THEN IT IS THEIR RIGHT TO DO SO and the government has no right to tell them how to live their lives
@spock- So what you're saying is that problem doesn't currently exist with alcohol?
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- Ordinary GuyLv 69 years agoFavorite Answer
police, lawyers, prison gaurds, drug dealers
all have a vested interest in keeping drugs illegal
- Spock (rhp)Lv 79 years ago
individuals are only free to do as they wish as long as the consequences do not harm others. the moment they do harm others, that act must be prohibited.
lets be clear -- you want stoned people [not to mention people high on heroin, meth, or hallucinogens] to drive cars? operate machinery? possess guns? are you crazy??
Source(s): grampa - Anonymous9 years ago
i agree with you but you cant pay taxes on weed or heroin so the only people that are making profit are the people making the drugs and selling it. so there is no way they are going to legalize it lol sorry.
Source(s): me - BruceNLv 79 years ago
Stop calling it a war.
They only call it a war because Americans consider it unpatriotic to complain about spending billions of dollars with no expectation of a return on wars. But if you ask Americans if they would support funding local police forces, or rehabilitation programs for drug addicts, I don't think they'd be so quick to part with such lavish and extravagant sums.
Anyway. It is not a war. It is just one aspect of a law enforcement / public health problem. To the extent it promotes public health and safety, it is a good thing. To the extent it forces users into dealing with smugglers, cartels and gangs and puts a lot of relatively innocent people in prison, it is not.
