JakeStarkey
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Stupidity is already legal. That's why you're allowed to post here.
You are not making a case, Rab. You are just yelling. Since we are not going to execute 99.9999% of drug criminals, and since the current prison and rehabilitation efforts are counterproductive, then the logical and productive path remains decriminalization, regulation, and taxation.
Why do you think that will not work?
The biggest argument against it is that you are propounding it. I call it the Jake Factor. It states that anything Jake Starkey is for must be bad.
You state decriminalization, regulation and taxation are the logical path. I ask, the logical path to what? If the goal is to produce a drug-addled society filled with people who are chemical dependent then you are right: that is the right way to go.
Cigarettes are heavily regulated, decriminalized (for now) and taxed. How much illegal trade is there in cigarettes? Tons, is the answer. How much underage smoking is there? Tons, is the answer. Who are the fastest growing number of smokers? Young people, is the answer.
Why do you suppose drugs, which are ten times easier to produce, will be different than cigarettes?
That's not your business what folks do like that, Rab. You have no moral say whatsoever. The fact is that the end of prohibition moved the rackets into drugs among other things. The racketeers, being good illegal capitalists, intergrated vertically and horizaontally, went global, and have been fighting turf wars ever since with tens of thousands of casualities every year.
Cigarette consumption has gone down steadily for decades. Bootleg in the stuff is a very minor problem, compared to illegal drugs. Drug production, subject to the competitive free market, will drop its costs dramatically.
Of course, it will work. What is funny is you posing as a big-time Democratic regulator.