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Originally Posted by dr. mabuse
As a therapist that has dealt with drug burdened and damaged patients for a little while ( 20 years), that's absolute nonsense IMPO. The addiction mechanism has nothing whatsoever to do in any way with the laws on the books. Removing the laws does nothing to cure the initial need of a self-esteem-damaged patient that seeks drugs to compensate in the first place.
Believe it or not, some people stay away from certain activities because of the possible penalties, but what do I know?
I think I smell the fumes of some Libertarian crack-pipe dreams here, but I certainly could be wrong. 
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This may sound heartless, but their addiction is their problem.
When we engage in a war on drugs, money is taken from people who don't use drugs and is used in a de facto bidding war against those who do use drugs.
That bidding war drives up the price to where it's worth the risk for some to invade the USA and commit any degree of violence in order to sell their product.
If someone wants to risk addiction, they should pay the consequences.
Why should my money be taken and used to drive up profits for criminals who invade my state?
Plenty of alcohol addicts out there.
Prohibition of alcohol didn't work.