How many people were killed in Chicago when Prohibition was in effect? How many were killed when it was lifted? The numbers are astounding. I will let you look them up so they have a stronger impact.
Again; the explosion of violent crime as a result of prohibition was a different circumstance for reasons I've already listed (previously legal substance that a lot of people used (thus had a high demand) being made illegal).
While some facets of the current "prohibition" apply, it's not the same thing.
No, legalization won't end it, but it will significantly reduce the pain and suffering of complete innocents by a huge amount.
I disagree. Enabling addiction isn't going to do any favors for the innocent people who are in the span of destruction of an addict.
So riddle me this. Almost all drugs were legal up till the 1960's..did this country fall apart from that? What was the level of violent crime that was solely drug related? What was the incarceration rate of non-violent offendors? Criminologists know that 80% of all violent crime is committed by 7% of the criminal population, we have to let those animals out of jail to keep no-violent drug offendors in.
Does that make any kind of logical sense to you?
Society changed. What doesn't make logical sense to me is changing to laws to try and undercut crime.
I understand where you guys are going with your argument. I just disagree with your conclusions.
You are more focused on the criminal aspect of the matter and I am more focused on what the substances do to their users.
Almost all drugs were legal till the 1960's so it applies to them as well.