dilloduck
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getting rid of every law on the books would save trillions. No prisons, no cops, no lawyers--heaven
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That's exactly right.We're not Portugal, if they jumped off a bridge would you follow them down?
Nobody has said that, either.getting rid of every law on the books would save trillions. No prisons, no cops, no lawyers--heaven
Nobody has said that, either.getting rid of every law on the books would save trillions. No prisons, no cops, no lawyers--heaven
Gonna knock it off with the red herrings any time soon?
Well, they wouldn't be perpetrating drive-by shootings over which neighborhoods have the best floating crap games.You mean all the dealers aren't going to get steady jobs and volunteer at Meals on Wheels ?
This would be a good thing.
If you honestly believe that all of the criminals who are now engaged in the drug trade would suddenly become law abiding citizens if drugs were made legal, well then, you just aren't very smart.
There's a difference between less crime and no crime....And Utopia isn't even an option.Nobody has said that, either.getting rid of every law on the books would save trillions. No prisons, no cops, no lawyers--heaven
Gonna knock it off with the red herrings any time soon?
It's a simple fact. Decriminalize something and by default there will immediately be less crime.
For awhile.
Well, they wouldn't be perpetrating drive-by shootings over which neighborhoods have the best floating crap games.
This would be a good thing.
If you honestly believe that all of the criminals who are now engaged in the drug trade would suddenly become law abiding citizens if drugs were made legal, well then, you just aren't very smart.True!
They'd pursue some other PROFITABLE venture.
Bootlegging cigarettes (to avoid states' taxes) has always been a reliable-option.
There's a difference between less crime and no crime....And Utopia isn't even an option.Nobody has said that, either.
Gonna knock it off with the red herrings any time soon?
It's a simple fact. Decriminalize something and by default there will immediately be less crime.
For awhile.
All the silly and utterly failed "war" on (some) drugs has accomplished is being price supports for drug gangs and a giant welfare program for federal cops and bureaucrats.
They may have no choice.
What if your "industry" dried up and blew away tomorrow?...Would you find something else to do, or just continue doing what you were doing for shits-n-grins?
If you honestly believe that all of the criminals who are now engaged in the drug trade would suddenly become law abiding citizens if drugs were made legal, well then, you just aren't very smart.True!
They'd pursue some other PROFITABLE venture.
Bootlegging cigarettes (to avoid states' taxes) has always been a reliable-option.
Child porn is a good money maker too
I assume we take the reporting in this clip as unquestionable facts eh? No way it could be a biased source at all.
April 26, 2009
"The question is, does the new policy work? At the time, critics in the poor, socially conservative and largely Catholic nation said decriminalizing drug possession would open the country to "drug tourists" and exacerbate Portugal's drug problem; the country had some of the highest levels of hard-drug use in Europe. But the recently released results of a report commissioned by the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank, suggest otherwise."
They'll have no choice in the matter.They may have no choice.
What if your "industry" dried up and blew away tomorrow?...Would you find something else to do, or just continue doing what you were doing for shits-n-grins?
Do you think drug traffickers accustom making big money in an illegal trade would just go straight? or would they just find another high paying illegal activity to engage in?
OTOH, they could also raise the drug cartel equivalent to the Kennedys.
In California, the primary group opposing the legalization of pot, are the present pot growers. Were it legal, then their profits would plummet.
The present drug laws of this nation are totally insane. Time to rethink the whole thing.
They may have no choice.
What if your "industry" dried up and blew away tomorrow?...Would you find something else to do, or just continue doing what you were doing for shits-n-grins?
Do you think drug traffickers accustom making big money in an illegal trade would just go straight? or would they just find another high paying illegal activity to engage in?
I can guarantee that all the pot dealers would put down their guns. Why? Simple, they can now sell their product to companies like the cigarette companies rather than carve off areas of operation via gang war.
If you legalize everything crime will be reduced to zero. Think about.
There's a difference between less crime and no crime....And Utopia isn't even an option.It's a simple fact. Decriminalize something and by default there will immediately be less crime.
For awhile.
All the silly and utterly failed "war" on (some) drugs has accomplished is being price supports for drug gangs and a giant welfare program for federal cops and bureaucrats.
I'll be glad to debate anyone regarding the legalization of drugs as soon as someone admits that there will be a down side to it. Thinking there would be no negative consequnces to decriminalization is denial.
How do you know that?The point is they will find something else ILLEGAL to do. they won't go straight. So that part of your hope is bogus.
because once you are a criminal you can never do anything legal again? duh!