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In reply to the discussion: Singer Tony Bennett calls for legalizing drugs [View all]MadHound
(34,179 posts)The reality of our own experience in prohibition, and other countries' experience in legalizing drugs. This isn't "la la land" as you so dismissively put it. It is reality.
Furthermore, you are, in part, basing your arguments on anecdotal evidence. Again, a rule of logic, what you personally observe cannot always be applied to the public at large.
For instance, while you may have been ripped off by drunks, in general those types of crimes are relatively rare.
And while you may toke your head off if dope was legal, the fact remains that in countries where drugs were legalized, drug use went down. Again, what you experience cannot necessarily be generalized to the entire population.
As far as purity and safety, I have no clue as to what you are trying to say. Perhaps if you could restate that in a more coherent form.
Finally, if you are against drugs that can kill you by overdose, then you should be against a myriad of currently legal drugs, including alcohol, oxy, ibuprofen, nicotine, and many, many others.
Your arguments are incoherent, illogical and anecdotal. You are essentially arguing that drugs shouldn't be legalized "just because". Surely you can do better than that.