There is of course the assumption that legalizing drugs will compel people to use them more or that it will make the problems for users worse. If anything the impact of drug use will be less harsh on people since the relative cost of the drugs will be down from the absurd inflated cost of prohibition, and also it will help reduce the stigma attached to it which barres much of our own perception from accepting new ideas. Lastly how many young people try taboo things for the very reason they are taboo? Sure some people seek them out but making it taboo is a sure fire way to draw in people directly who are looking for that kind of thing. At the very least criminalized drugs are absurd. Half the connections I criminal will make for his life of crime come from prison. Many people pick up drug habits in jail. The concept of a criminalization of drugs is the first stage of the problem. At the very least thats where people can start to maybe meet in common ground for discussing where next it could go.
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