BlindBoo
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So let's see, you want to legalize drugs which cause people to lose their jobs and family in many cases, thus many of them turn to crime to pay for their habit.
Yeah, more people on drugs and doing crimes means less violence.....uh, wrong.
Also, most "pot" businesses have been getting ROBBED by criminals because they have (drumroll) drugs. So you want more drug businesses and believe they won't get ROBBED by gunpoint? Maybe just knives and not guns, eh?
No, with legal and regulated sources the price would drop and the quality would improve. Less need to turn to crime when the prices are reasonable. Like beer, wine, coffee or cigarettes, nobody goes out on a crime spree to pay for those do they?
Businesses should be protected by the police.
Not quite. We pay a very heavy price for alcoholism. The deaths of innocent people, the medical care required as the alcoholic body breaks down. The costs associated with the alcoholic unable to provide for basic necessities for themselves or their families. The crimes committed by drunks. There is no cognitive impairment with coffee or cigarettes. No one has ever claimed diminished capacity for criminal behavior because they had coffee or cigarettes.
We will not survive legalization of drugs. It's a matter of numbers. The number of people who drink solely to get drunk is miniscule to the number of people who have a beer after work or a glass of wine with dinner. The sole purpose of drugs is to get high. Then the user isn't responsible anymore.
Yes quite. You whole theme is wrong. There would be less violence. Most of the crimes associated with drug use happen because of the inflated black market prices. There are very few drunks who turn to crime to feed their alcoholism. Outlaw cigarettes or coffee and I'll bet users of those substances get violent too.