All Drugs should be Legalized.

'People are overdosing on pain killers, perfectly legal medication where they know precisely how pure it is and with perfect knowledge of how much they are supposed to take.' Any Source or Evidence of how common it is? It doesn't happen often and even so it's usually the mistake of the costumer , if such a pain killer was illegal more people would overdose on it . ' They want to get a bigger high, they increase the dose. They just measure the amount incorrectly, and sooner or later they will accidentally place more drugs into their system than the body can cope with and die of overdose.' The two most common reasons for illegal drug overodoses are not knowing how pure it is and taking too much of it , however most such overdoses like for example heroin addicts usually overdose because they don't know how much they are taking in , Many people that have been addicts for long enough do indeed require larger doses but with this , the risk of overdose decreases aswell because the body is more tolerant to it 'We are not going to do any better if we increase the accessibility:' So how does offering drugs in one place increases accesibility when before you also could get it just in a different place . 'Firstly you assume that the only reason someone becomes an addict is "because they chose too." this is incredibly inhumane: It's the same reasoning as: "Why should I care about the holocaust? They chose to be Jews" ' Nope they didn't choose to be jews Hitler didn't kill jews for their religion but their genes and culture . Drug addicts do choose to take the drug . ' If you care about legalizing drugs on the basis of overdose you must be concerned over the loss of those that die,' I have listed many reasons why i support Drug Legalization in Round 2 , reducing overdose is just one pro of it. 'Think again: Legalizing something does NOT take it off the black market as you propose. In fact a large majority of teens in my local area that are under-age can rather easily buy home-made, illegal alcohol because it is cheaper. ' Now think how much bigger the black market was during the Alcohol Prohibition even if the black market is not completly wiped out the majority is and illegal alcohol is not the same business it used to be , also most experts reckon that drug legalization would lead to prices falling . 'No. It isn't. Ask your older brother if he'll buy a bottle of vodka and if he doesn't really care he'll do it. There will always be at least one that will buy for you and you pay him.' And people are having less and less children , I don't even personally have a brother . It takes more effort to get it legally than illegaly . 'An estimated 51.3% of the U.S population could classify as alcoholics while only 9.2% are classified as being regular drug users. By opening up access to drug use would we really expect that percentage to lower?' First of all where the hell did you get that statistic from ? It's certinaly not over 50% http://www.ncadd.org... 'Alcohol is the most commonly used addictive substance in the U.S. 17.6 million people, or one in every 12 adults, suffer from alcohol abuse or dependence along with several million more who engage in risky drinking patterns that could lead to alcohol problems.' 17.6 million is the number and there is more than 300 million americans , I did not say that numbers would lower i said that i don't know and they could lower , stay the same or rise it depends on many factors and there would be different results in different places . 'Imagine if you'll let everyone and anyone drive a car after the age of 16 without any training or licensing. Accident rates are going to go up as a logical conclusion of the fact that more bad drivers that didn't pass the exam are now on the street along with all the drivers that lost their rights due to not following traffic laws. Prohibition limits the access to drugs and are removed from play.' We are already letting adults do a lot of things do you want to ban suicide too ? driving is completly different to doing drugs . 'Selling a drug that effectively can force you to kill a goat and become a cannibal isn't any safer if it is sold legally.' I said it is better because it would increase in quality . 'you missed the entire point of that argument: should Krokodil, a drug that makes your body start rotting, be legal? IF it shouldn't be legal the resolution is negated. It's a drug, it's illegal, how popular it is is not important, it exists and falls under the resolution.' It would be legal and like i said in my previous argument not a lot of people would use it 'If I told you there was a chance I'd attack you and eat your face would you then consider it to be your business? ' First of all what are the chances of that? second of all again how does prohibition deal with it? 'It's illogical to use "It might be x, we don't know" so this point should be dropped as it is. ' My opponent failed to explain why it's illogical to think that way . ' The reason the numbers didn't change is because the situation is still the same.' The situation is not the same . 'Pricing. You suggest that drugs are expensive and will be cheaper if legal. Isn't this increasing the availability? ' Often it makes dealers , making more profit and makes companies invest in something that will produce them more profit . 'Common does not equal good. ' I never said it does however it's better than krokodil that i explaned why it won't get popular . 'so is war, complete lack of female rights, slavery and oppression,' and all these things can change I don't think drug use will ever stop . 'This is oversimplification: You're assuming that the only produce that black markets offer are drugs? Not even close ' I was reffering to the illegal drug market . 'Become an addict and then type that one again. Being an addict is a serious condition' That is why i said 'apart from its addictivness'