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Originally Posted by kiwi_2005
:rotfl: its not drug, its a herb, like a tobbacco plant. I dont see it as a drug. One of the best reasons to legalise cannibis is this: To put the gangs/dealers out of bussiness, they make millions per yr with cannibis...
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That's exactly the official point of wiew of some italian politicians (mostly, left wing oriented) when supporting the legalistion of cannabis (still outlaw here).
I see that as an extreme and false semplification of the problem as, if some crime becomes less profitable, criminals simply move to a different illegal businness.
We also could legalise the murder, hoping that falling prices will have a dissuasive effect for professional killers, but I doubt that it could work fine...
As said by someone other, the real problem with any psychoactive substance isn't the price, but the impact on the society.
A moderate, responsible, use hasn't relevant effects, but too much people is ready to make everything in the wrong way when drunken, smoked, sniffed, filled with any sort of substance fit to change his mood or brain.
The sad side in this matter is that the usual "substance oriented" legislation can't have a decisive effect on the long run.
New drugs often appear, and aren't illegal until properly classyfied; moreover, even diffused things like glue or fuel are sometimes used as drugs (maybe the worst ones), and it's impossible to make them illegal.
On my point of wiew, the society needs a totally "effect oriented" approach, but won't be easy to set it properly.