socks said:
First off, cannabis should be legalized. No intelligent person who has done unbiased researched can possible come to the conclusion that a man should be locked up for its use, possession, or sale.
As far as drugs in general, more emphasis should be placed on tough sentences for those who sell narcotics and rehabilitation for the users of narcotics. To balance it out I would have a special drug clause that would state if a crime is committed while under the influence or possession of a narcotic the sentence would have a mandatory doubled or even tripled penalty.
No one wants to increase the chance of drugs in their neighborhood causing drug related crime, BUT at the same time if someone wants to engage in a self-destructive behavior in the privacy of their own home without affecting anyone else, why the hell should we care?
The problem I have with this is that making drugs illegal empowers those who sell drugs on the black market. Look at Mexico, or any inner city neighborhood in America. Thats why I want to see all drugs legalized.
People are going to want to get high, whether drugs are legal or not. If they're illegal, then you create a class of super criminals making enormus profits from the sale of illegal drugs. Of those groups of super criminals, the most famous right now is probably the Taliban.
