It really is time to legalize drugs, yes, all of them

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7. It has been really hard to sell this idea to people.

Marijuana should be totally legal, regulated and taxed.

For harder drugs, lets focus on getting treatment programs and facilities set up first.

So for example, needle exchange programs.

We have been fighting that battle for a long time. When you start using tax money to buy heroin for addicts, it's hard to get re-elected. We have a lot of convincing people to do.

Another focus is on changing sentencing laws to allow for treatment instead of prison.

Also we need to train medical providers on how to successfully detox addicts.

All this means we need money for the treatment centers, rehab, and detox centers.

If we legalize crack or meth, without having a humane treatment/detox infrastructure in place first, that could be bad. Right now the criminal justice system is the main point of intervention for addicts.

These are the initial steps that have to happen before we can legalize all drugs.