Originally Posted by
Drummond
Perhaps there's some fundamental flaw in my reasoning I'm unaware of. But, surely .. if drug taking is decriminalised, you legalise the use of those drugs. That means that drug dealers, the ones 'pushing' those drugs, are engaged in a LEGAL activity ??
So on what grounds, in that scenario, could drug dealers be regarded as fair game to 'go after' ?
No: all of this is a total nonsense. Many drugs are known to have harmful effects, so any effort made to decriminalise them is completely counterproductive. That goes for 'hard' drugs .. very obviously. It also goes for 'soft' drugs, since too many of them open gateways to the taking of the 'harder' varieties.
Besides, new discoveries are being made all the time. A previously supposed 'harmless' drug might be belatedly seen to be harmful.
I ask: why take risks ? Why not just tighten up laws on it all, across the board ??
Libertarians would hate that. For my part, I hate Libertarian Leftie destructiveness. Strong and uncompromising laws are the only sensible option.
I'd actually like to be able to go to the doctor and get some. The problem here is the reverse psychology. If you're asking for a pain killer you're a drug abuser. No, I'd like to have the medicine for what it's intended for. I just can't figure out how all these illegal drug users can get the crap and I can't get it legally because of them. What's the purpose of even having the damned stuff if you can't freakin' legally get it?
All libertarians are not lefties.
Strong and uncompromising laws are forcing your will on others.
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