Would It Really Be In The Best Interest Of Law Enforcement If There Were No Illegal Drugs?

Please go away.

Ugh

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Let's say all of a sudden there were no more illegal drugs on the street. You think this is something law enforcement would really want to see happen?

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No, they don't. The War on Drugs has been an incredible boon to the law enforcement section of our economy, and there is very little to show for it. The prices of most major drugs have dropped, and in most cities you can find whatever drug you want after maybe an hour of asking around. I do not do illegal drugs, and have no want to, but to see the WoD as anything but an abject failure is insanity.

I prefer decriminalization as opposed to full legalization

Same outcome I suppose. We aren't stopping people from doing them anyway.

All the war on drugs has done is make criminals out of addicts and create these massive black markets that fund criminal organizations like the cartels.

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It would be in the best interest of society if all drugs were legalized.

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Bingo.

“See, if you look at the drug war from a purely economic point of view, the role of the government is to protect the drug cartel. That's literally true.”

? Milton Friedman

Meth heads smoking meth in no way bothers me.

Meth heads doing meth head shite like robbing houses or killing to get their high does bother me.

It's a manner of method. Do you stop the robbing and killing or stop the root cause?

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Let's say all of a sudden there was no more oweo on TD. You think this is something every single other user of the site would really want to see happen?

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I say yes

No, because they wouldn't be able to confiscate/steal shite from people who haven't been convicted of anything.

Me too.

The black market for drugs is far more dangerous for a society than legalization ever will be. The government gives Cartels less competition and more power.