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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. 
Ooops. I'm hijacking my own thread. |
Drug users are going to use whether drugs are illegal or not. The reason to legalize is to take the production and distribution business away from criminals, thereby reducing associated violence etc. It also would facilitate some regulation and taxation of the trade.
There is no reason why you can't try to reduce demand in a legalized regime.