Drug Decriminalization in the United States

To start off, many, many laws are created without popular demand, To say that a valid law must attain popular demand before being passed, is absolutely ludicrous. With the Affordable Health Care act, ( which I personally do not believe should exist in the first place) several changes would have to be made. However, with the absolute black hole that is our war on drugs, I firmly believe that we will be able to pay for the affordable health care act, and much, much more. With cutting out an estimated 51 billion dollars of tax money, plus the billions of dollars to be made from the taxing of it. Also, it is much cheaper, and much more effective to rehabilitate users, instead of simply incarcerating them. Treating drug addicts people who need help rather than simply arresting them is much more cost effective and humane. * Krokodil, yes is terrible for anyone to consume, and I would strongly advise against it. But just because something is "bad", is not reason to ban it. I am somewhat confused by the wording of your statement, however, are you referring to a pregnant woman? Please respond to this in your rebuttal. * Now with the children. "If all drugs were legalized it would definitely lead to parents using in front of their children." I disagree. Any sane parent as of right now, would not be using any hard drug, illegal or legal. Any parent using hard drugs right now, would have such a weak moral compass would most likely not be affected by whether or not the drug was legal to do them in front of their child. If a parent is addicted, the access to rehabilitation would be much more accessible if they were legalized, thanks to better funded social outreach programs. Also, if you are implying that doing drugs will be risk-free, and no strings attached, I disagree. The majority of employers across America have the right to drug test their employee's and I seriously doubt these rules changing with the law. "Your position is encouraging this as well as the increased likelihood and availability of children's use and access to these harmful drugs." I do not understand how i would be increasing a child's access, if I would just in fact be doing quite the opposite. Since the only way a child would be able to access any drug would be through a black market, I would be doing the exact opposite by shrinking the black market significantly ( not entirely, yes I know). I also do not agree with your notion of Law= morality. Assuming that if something is made legal, whether good or bad, they will be more inclined to do it. I cannot agree with you that by decriminalizing these drugs that they will somehow captivate an entire generation. "Abolishing the law would be in violation of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961, Invalidating the American position on any other global issue" This statement, is entirely wrong. Many nations have agreed to this Convention, and consequently, many nation have Assessed, Succeeded, or ratified it to their own country's.EVERY single one of these countries is still regarded in foreign affairs, believe me( or my sources). To imply that the country with ( arguably) the greatest military power in the world would not be taken seriously in ANY foreign affair, and simply ignored because the abandoned a failure to an issue that's wasted over a trillion dollars, is absolutely preposterous.Not to mention again, many nations have done the same, legally and appropriately. Citations: http://money.cnn.com... http://www.drugpolicy.org... http://www.cnn.com... http://www.justicepolicy.org... http://reason.com... http://www.unodc.org... http://www.unodc.org... https://treaties.un.org...