Total legalization of all drugs

I also made a video emphasizing on some of these points, followed by a two hour discussion with my friend, feel free to watch it and the conversation ----------------------> http://www.youtube.com... The fact that drugs are illegal is the cause of many problems in our society today. This economic crisis is partially due to the fact that the "war on drugs" is failing miserably. Back in prohibition the mafia and gangsters would profit substantially while people were buying under the counter alcohol that was made in someone's bath tub, which would make them blind or even kill them. After prohibition was repealed and companies start producing alcohol for money, the underground black market for alcohol saw its way out the door. Why would you buy alcohol with the potential to make you blind or even kill you when you can go up to the gas station and choose from an assortment of different products? This position correlates heavily to the situation we're in today. This "war on drugs" is producing the same problems that the United States witnessed back in prohibition. An underground black market run by criminals who murder innocents and each other for mere profit of laundered drug money. Reaching out to children to drug deal in order to "get rich quick" and take the risk of being killed before they're out of high school. Not to mention the amount of tax dollars that go into "drug prevention", which is arresting drug lords for life and spending a teacher's salary annually to house a prisoner who sold a little bit too much marijuana. Also should I mention how many people have their cars excavated for random drug searches on our roads just to find they have nothing? Or may I also mention the fact that "probable cause" is about as elastic as congress' "necessary and proper" clause. You'd be astounded how many people go to jail or even prison for long periods of time for petty drug charges. Like when the police were at the door and believed they had "probable cause" to kick the door down and arrest the hard working man who was blowing off some steam by lighting a joint and watching television, enjoying his well earned chill time. I'm not saying if you're under the influence of something and you're stupid enough to go out and commit a crime (which you were probably going to do anyway) that you shouldn't be held responsible. Fact of the matter is when you put something in your body, you're responsible for the outcome, and if you didn't do your research on what you should expect to happen to you and you freak out, it was your own ignorance that was your downfall. Why should an entire population be held responsible for those few individuals who are imbecilic enough to do such things as that? We shouldn't. By the way, can you imagine how much healthier these illegal drugs would be if they were moderated by the government? Why would I buy the black tar heroin my neighbor is selling if the government has a regulated stock that was made carefully? Don't even try to argue with me that if drugs were totally legal that the black market for drugs would still exist. That's like saying there's an underground black market for tobacco and alcohol. There isn't, BECAUSE THEY'RE LEGAL. Hm, while we're on the subject of alcohol and tobacco, let's get into that. Tobacco isn't to blame for the cigarette companies putting excessive amounts of carcinogens in their products to make them burn faster and be more addicting. Yet the government doesn't care about that fact, because they're getting plenty of tax revenue from it. Tobacco itself isn't that bad, but these companies are poisoning us and the government is fine with it. So how can you look me in the eye and say that "public health" is the issue here? That is a downright LIE! Also, alcoholism is another very unhealthy thing. Among how many cancer patients has it been pinpointed to alcohol or cigarette consumption... Think about it. Thought about it? Alright, now how many cancer patients have been linked to marijuana? Alright I'll wait for you to pull a number out of your rectum... Can't find one can you? How many marijuana smokers have holes in their neck so they can breath? Back to alcoholism. This is a extremely big problem in the United States. You can probably find someone in your family who is inflicted with alcoholism. The information is out there, and the government seems to just overlook it casually. They don't overlook it though, they ignore it. Know why they ignore it? Tax revenue. So if you want to fight a moral war with me about how legalizing drugs will be wrong, then first you fight the moral war against alcohol and the corrupt cigarette industry. Marijuana studies have shown that the plant is actually beneficial in many aspects, hence the 16 states who have already approved its medical use. In comparison to tobacco or alcohol, marijuana comes out on top in the benefits field, so to hell with your morality. Since when has the government saying something is illegal ever stopped someone? Think of it in this way. The government is your parents, your parents tell you not to do something. You're a rebellious teenager. Are you going to do what your parents told you? NO. You're going to do WHAT YOU WANT. Except instead of getting grounded, you go to prison for the rest of your life and enjoy having the bathroom in your bedroom behind steel bars, leaching off our taxes and being a forced unproductive member of society who instead of contributing taxes actually consumes them just because you wanted to try something new. The positives of legalizing all drugs far outweighs the negatives. The negatives are already being seen while it's illegal! People are going to do something regardless of what the government says. Perhaps the few that don't want to get caught won't do it. Again, THE FEW. If you want to make this a moral war, I'll give you your morals here. You think drugs should be illegal, giving drug lords and an underground market of criminals the ability to make profit by tax evasion and criminal acts of robbery and murder. You think that it is safer forcing people to buy drugs from the streets (increasing the likelihood of them getting robbed or even murdered) instead of the regulated government. You think the government cares about the health of the public when they allow cigarette companies to put unnatural chemicals in their products to make them burn faster and be more addicting, AND allow people to succumb to alcoholism so they can abuse their children and lover, as well as themselves? You think these drug problems that you think will happen due to them being legal will really be worse than they already are? By the morality of things sir, YOU HAVE NO MORALS. Stop looking at the bad side of things and start looking at the good.