re: Why are drugs and prostitution illegal?

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Stupidest thing I have read today

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How so? Crack kills, but obesity effects a much larger segment of the United States.

CDC

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Percent of adults age 20 years and over who are obese: 35.1% (2011-2012)
Percent of adults age 20 years and over who are overweight, including obesity: 69.0% (2011-2012)

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Now those stats are from 2012, but I seriously doubt 30% of America is doing cocaine.

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I see what you're saying and it does make sense. But the problem with drugs like meth and the other "hard" drugs is that when you've got people putting those substances in their body, it affects other people. In fact, if you look at the cost these addicts inflict on their communities from a crime and healthcare standpoint, not to mention things like child welfare, entitlements, etc. you see that they are a massive problem for society as a whole. And that's not even taking into account the "war on drugs" angle when it comes to how addicts cost society as a whole.

I'll give you one example from the show I watched the other night on Meth. They interviewed a meth cook who's lab exploded on him. He was in Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville with 2nd & 3rd degree burns over just about his whole body. Here's what will result from this one meth cook, who btw was also an addict.

1. His care at Vandy Hospital will cost well over $1,000,000.00. Of course he has no insurance or a job. The hospital will have to absorb those costs which means those costs will be passed on to the rest of us. They interviewed one doctor at the hospital and according to him they are approaching I believe he said it was $300,000,000 a year in uncovered costs of treating drug addicts for different medical needs.

2. His family lost their home when his lab exploded. He had a mother that I know of and i think a wife and kids. All those people will now more than likely, or probably already were, receive government assistance and now on top of that, government housing. So this guy, instead of supporting and proving for his family, now leave them to us, the tax payer to support and house.

3. Then there's the massive cost of cleaning up the burned out toxic waste dump left behind. This take special equipment and special handling and just this alone will cost tax payers thousands.

It's things like what I just listed that are the hidden costs of people using hard drugs. And those costs are placed on the shoulders of the rest of us. That's why hard drugs should never be legal.

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You do realize that this is all a great argument for legalizing drugs don't you? There is a need for home-based "meth-labs" because there are no regulated facilities for manufacturing meth for retail sale.

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Meth is more common in places were other drugs are hard to find. If they have access to the much safer Cocaine, it's doubtful there would be as many methheads.

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Meth is cheaper than cocaine though. That's why it's growing in popularity and becoming epidemic in many areas. And not only is it cheap, it's easy to make.

There is no good argument for legalizing meth. Even if it were legal we'd still have the cost of treating those who use it. And legalizing it would not remove the fact there is a legit to be made from making it and selling it, this you'd still have people making it in underground labs.

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ou do realize that this is all a great argument for legalizing drugs don't you? There is a need for home-based "meth-labs" because there are no regulated facilities for manufacturing meth for retail sale.

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You dont even have to go that far with it.

Multiple studies show people do things like meth and bath salts and heroin because they cant find other drugs. Those are drugs of last resort.

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well to be fair, if meth was legal, he would never be cooking meth like that. it would be done in factories with insurance, etc

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Cmon, people are mass producing liquor in their backyards using materials loaded with lead. I mean, it's not like industry took over and started having internal/governmental/industry standards and all that.

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'I Aimed For The Public's Heart, And. . .hit It In The Stomach'

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SlowFlowPro

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Are you are for the legalization of meth?

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Stupidest thing I have read today

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It really isn't. Is heart disease not the number one killer of Americans?

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Are you are for the legalization of meth?

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I am one hundred percent for the legalization of meth. I don't use it, and will never use it.

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Personal freedom is always a good argument.

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