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  •  Criminals control the drug trade (3+ / 0-)

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      because the drug trade is illegal. If drugs were legal criminals would not control the drug trade.

      Blaming drugs for this violence is misguided. The opportunity to make large amounts of tax-free cash is created by the drug war. The meme that drugs somehow automatically cause violent, criminal behavior is one of the chief talking points of the anti-drug zealots whose tireless work keeps this farce going.

      Decriminalization would leave this situation unchanged. Drug trafficing would still be illegal, and all the problems that attend would still exist.

    What's the difference between Vietnam and Iraq? Bush knew how to get out of Vietnam.

    by happy camper on Sun Apr 27, 2008 at 08:23:20 AM PDT

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    •  I agree, except one point.... (2+ / 0-)

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      Nulwee, bugscuffle

      Decriminalization would leave this situation unchanged. Drug trafficing would still be illegal, and all the problems that attend would still exist.

      That logic is flawed and can be scene in everyday life.

      What is trafficked more, cocaine or Vicadin??

      Right.

      And which one is legal??

      Right.

      So in fact regulation will bring things under reign, and furthermore, the romanticism that is attached to using drugs would be gone.

      Not much of a rebellious act to do something legal is it?

       

      by kulshan on Sun Apr 27, 2008 at 08:31:51 AM PDT

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      •  umm, (0+ / 0-)

        Ok, if drugs were legal, the price would probably drop by quite a bit. Suddenly, there wouldn't be nearly as much money to be made selling them illegally, which would in practice probably mean to people who were underage or were too stupid to get the medical marijuana prescription.

        Would you shoot someone for 100 grand?  Most traffickers would.  Would they do it for fifty bucks?  Not likely.  More to the point, they wouldn't have the money to bribe cops and politicians like they do now.  

        Instead of big time dealers, you would have small time dealers and they wouldn't be able to cause nearly as much damage to society.

        This illustrates another problem with having a large part of our borders unprotected.  It isn't just honest laborers coming in.  Some of them are carrying dope.  Some of them are venezuelan special forces types coming in to make sure no airstrikes we might do go unavenged, some of them are probably al quaeda types looking to start something.  Leaving the borders unsecured is STUPID.  

        I am an angry clown. Often pwnt, never owned. The world is a gradeschool playground with no teachers in sight.

        by obnoxiotheclown on Sun Apr 27, 2008 at 01:47:48 PM PDT

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