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In reply to the discussion: If drugs remain illegal - this is what you get (WARNING: Extremely graphic pic) [View all]randome
(34,845 posts)Decriminalize, yes, but legalize, no. No way in hell should the government -or anyone else- actively encourage people to fuck themselves up.
And turning a blind eye to the fuck-ups until their fuck-ups are too big to ignore is the same thing as encouraging it.
The government's responsibility should be to offer treatment centers to get people OFF drugs, not just say, fuck it, do whatever you want.
These threads about legalizing drugs are the most laughable of all because the chance of that actually happening are so remote, it nearly doesn't merit discussion.
All the polls on the planet won't change the fact that most people do NOT want drugs legalized, regardless of how they respond to hypothetical situations that they know will NEVER occur.
All the comparisons to alcohol and prohibition are equally pointless because people, regardless of logic, perhaps, do NOT want drugs legalized. Having 'logic' or even 'right' on the side of legalization will not do a damn thing to change Society's position on this.