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Originally Posted by CaptainHaplo
The problem with that idea is that yoru subsidizing bad habits. So what happens with the kid who is 14 now walks into the "clinic" at 18 and wants to have a hit.... You legalize it - your going to never end the problem.
Lock down the borders where the stuff can't come in - and the supply inside the country will dry up. Can't shoot what you don't have.
I am not talking about pot here - we are talking the serious stuff.Its just like meth - most states now track sales of stuff like cold medicine that can make it. Take away the ingredients (or in the case of other drugs - the finished product prior to shipment) and the problem eases.
You can either fight the problem - or "accept" it. Acceptance means its never going away...
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Interestingly enough though, what you suggest does not match up well with the reality in countries which have legalized the stuff.
Also the concept of locking up all the boarders is absurd, and impossible. You can't possibly stop all traffic inside the country, and if you tried you would seriously disrupt all trade too (which is the main way drugs enter the country). Plus all you end up doing is jacking up the street price which just increases the amount of crime and associated problems, not to mention risk to the users. Lastly if you could block off sources outside the country, people will just make the stuff inside the country. As for tracking stuff like cold medicine, hate to break it to you, but that will just stop the small time manufacturers who get their stuff from pharmacies, it won't slow down the big boys (who will own the companies that make the stuff). Generally criminal enterprises thrive the more difficult it is to get something, as they make far more money that way. One of the cocaine cartels for example almost went out of business, as they got too good at smuggling large quantities and flooded the market so badly the street price dropped below their costs.
You can't fight the problem that way, it is just logistically and financially impossible. The problem also will never go away either, there will always be a segment of the population who will do this (just like they abuse alcohol).