miketrees wrote on Jul 13
th, 2013 at 10:20pm:
IB its a double edged argument you just put forward.
I hate alcohol and Australia's addiction to it, yet to admit how bad one drug is, sort of makes it strange to advocate using more of them.
I have a feeling that if the government legalised some drugs it would probably have to draw the line somewhere.
What if a recreational drug had side effects like Thalidomide, I cant see any government allowing that.
So there would still be prohibition, just the line on prohibition would have shifted.
I cant see the crims that make billions from drugs not creating new drugs that will be outside the law because of side effects, thus creating the same problem we have now.
So why would anybody try an illegal drug when there are hundreds of legal ones?
Stuffed if I know, but they will.
Laws change.
To legally supply a substance to addicted people to help society is a good idea, imho.
It's marginal call that people won't see it as 'legalising' all drugs.
Thing is, what the law does now is failing and costing many people a lot while profiting criminals and the legal system.
The prohibition failed.
bigol - stick your sarcasm where it hurts most.
Go get hooked on smack, let us know how cool it is.