Somehow police work always got done before no-knock raids became the tool of first resort. What is so psychotic about legalizing drugs? Any day you want to stack up the costs of the drug war (in dollars and human terms) vs. the theoretical costs of a society where people can choose which chemicals to put in their bodies, you will most likely find that the latter choice of freedom and non aggression to be the saner choice.
Shouldn’t it at least be debated? Shouldn’t we at least check to find out if permissive drug laws have led to rampant drug abuse in other countries?
1) Dangerous drugs are still being sold.
2) The selling of said drugs has been put into the hands of people who have no interest in protecting their 'customers' and often sell tainted drugs which are even more dangerous.
3) The 'customers' are forced to pay exorbitant prices for the drugs, which often forces them to commit crimes to support their habits - including the 'crime' of selling the drugs.
4) Millions of people who have done no harm to others are being criminalized.
5) The police are being turned into paramilitaries that act as an occupying army.
6) Drug cartels are destabilizing countries in the third world.
The list could go on indefinitely, but I will give only two more.
7) Despite the beliefs of many, the children are not being protected; they just stop believing their parents or the police.
8) Innocent people are being killed by the police all the time as the inevitable result, as collateral damage.
If it wasn't for drug prohibition, we wouldn't have drugs like crack or meth labs in trailer parks.
The war on drugs has created these street drugs.
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