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Dude, if a half gram of coke is 4 lines in Mexico, they're doing rails. 40mg of speed? 15 mikes of LSD?
Meth should never be legal anywhere, s@@# is EVIL...
Not a bad idea overall though. Locking up users is stupid, unless they're robbing to support their habit. But then, that's why there are robbery laws...
Yeah, less than full legalization tends to entrench corruption and criminality.
But the basic direction is a no duh.
For the really dangerous stuff like meth, for 1, I really think it won't compete well with cheap legal alternatives like pot and cheap coke. I lived in Hawaii for a time (where the people voted for "medical marijuana" but the government refused to implement it), and the state's own commission concluded that rabid anti-pot enforcement (total helicopter surveillance is possible on small islands) led to meth's steep increase against the (previously) reasonably cheap pot (it does grow like a weed).
2, the "respect of personal choice" approach (you know, "pursuit of happiness" and all that) would probably see it similar to other currently legal, harmful drugs like nicotine: producers/sellers would be legally liable for damages. which would tend to keep it's production limited while pot, coke, ecstacy are cheap and easily available. paint fumes are pretty damn damaging, too. but unless legal options are financially not an option (like street kids in 3rd world countries), huffing fumes isn't such an epidemic, even though it's widely available legally.
I just liked it as an article, and thought the site's a good resource in general.
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Yeah, less than full legalization tends to entrench corruption and criminality.
But the basic direction is a no duh.For the really dangerous stuff like meth, for 1, I really think it won't compete well with cheap legal alternatives like pot and cheap coke. I lived in Hawaii for a time (where the people voted for "medical marijuana" but the government refused to implement it), and the state's own commission concluded that rabid anti-pot enforcement (total helicopter surveillance is possible on small islands) led to meth's steep increase against the (previously) reasonably cheap pot (it does grow like a weed).
2, the "respect of personal choice" approach (you know, "pursuit of happiness" and all that) would probably see it similar to other currently legal, harmful drugs like nicotine: producers/sellers would be legally liable for damages. which would tend to keep it's production limited while pot, coke, ecstacy are cheap and easily available. paint fumes are pretty damn damaging, too. but unless legal options are financially not an option (like street kids in 3rd world countries), huffing fumes isn't such an epidemic, even though it's widely available legally.
I just liked it as an article, and thought the site's a good resource in general.
It would be great if we could get well spoken people like the article's author to be spokesmen instead of buffoons like Woody Harrelson.
I totally agree with this article on all points. It's already illegal to get f'ed up and drive, but we still sell a crap-ton of alcohol. What's the difference with weed? I am ruining the structure of society by sitting in my house after a tough day and having a hit of grass to unwind with? If I don't like liquor I'm just hosed unless I go illegal? And God-forbid if you talk about getting rid of mandatory minimum sentences for possession.Great article.