Drug Legalization in North America

But that's what we have right now. A previously illegal substance is now legal, and is generating millions of dollars a month. To say "nah" is blatant ignorance. Sure, legalizing meth or coke or heroin could have zero effect or even cost money, but we have to take into affect what's happened in the past. When we look at how our Sun is expanding, it is reasonable to come to the conclusion that, judging by what other stars have done, ours will expand and eventually either explode or implode. We can't guarantee that it will happen, but we can say it's very possible or likely. Just like legalizing other drugs, by knowing the fact that previous drugs (marijuana, alcohol, tobacco, etc) have created billions in revenue, it's fair to assume or predict a large profit from legalizing more drugs. People are using now, and if the government taxed what people are using, it would generate money, without a doubt. We are unsure of the expenditures, but chances are they would be about the same as they are today, minus the "war on drugs," a multi-billion dollar campaign. I agree that harder drugs could have more of an affect on damage to property, or medical bills, but in the long run, it most likely wouldn't leave a large dent in the money generated by sales.The effects of certain drugs sometimes rely on the person's current brain cell activity - some people can act differently on cocaine or meth than others. You could be right to a degree, but we'll need to see some sources that say someone high on cocaine or meth makes poorer or worse decisions than someone high on marijuana.The damages caused by marijuana is next to nothing. [1] Crime has gone down, probably not related, but possibly related to the legalization of it, but millions of dollars haven't been spent per month to fix damages caused by people high on marijuana. I know this is not a very hard drug compared to cocaine or meth, but there you have it - the damages are not greater than the revenue.I think we can all agree that marijuana revenue is extremely... should I say it... hiiiiigh... without really any government expenditure on anything marijuana related, and judging by this information, we can assume that legalizing all drugs not only wouldn't make much of a difference in the current government expenditure, other than getting rid of the multi-billion dollar war on drugs campaign, and it would (guaranteed) make a lot of money on taxes.We have come to a conclusion that the drug wars will not be as bad! That's good! What about all the marijuana dealers in Colorado or Washington? Where's the uproar?My opinions on death differ a bit. I'm not saying it's good that they as a person are dead; they don't deserve to die. What I'm saying is that it would benefit society if they did. I'm also saying there will (probably) be some clinics like the one I provided from the beginning, set up around the continent, to ensure "safe" drug use, so no shared needles or stuff like that, which stop the spread of infection like AIDS, throughout not only the druggie community, but the unfortunate people who happen to walk through there wouldn't risk catching some kind of disease.The government isn't going to buy Tim's house and hire his son as a meth cook. They'll have isolated locations set up, like in Mississippi [2].The people who live in the middle of nowhere will do their own thing. It won't be mandatory to buy and use heroin. The government/police currently really don't care what people do who are far from any kind of developed cities, so if they legalized all drugs, nothing would really change for the most part out there.It's unfortunate that people die. But let's take into consideration who those people are. People who (for the most part) don't like life to begin with. They take drugs to escape reality and go somewhere other than this life. Maybe they don't think it's a bad thing if they died. If it was legal, (possibly) more people would turn to drugs to escape the reality they don't like. Death sometimes isn't a bad thing, especially if the deceased was suffering before their death. Would it be better for everyone if they weren't addicted to drugs? Maybe. Who knows. Some people are born addicted, some people try it and become addicted and lose everything. What happens if all of a sudden nobody was addicted? We would have millions of people all of a sudden looking for "proper" jobs, messing up the economy royally, possibly having to change minimum wage, college tuition, etc. Not to mention the incredible amount of housing needed to be built for the homeless addicts.Some people "need" drugs to take their pain away - to escape their life that they can't stand and don't want. Making these drugs illegal only causes them to go through more hoops to get it - getting involved with gangs, shooting up with dirty needles, spending incredibly amounts of money - whereas legalizing these drugs would make them accessible to anyone over 18, at (possibly) a cheaper price than on the streets. That takes away infectious diseases and gang violence, while also funding our government and cities immensely.Thanks for taking the time to reply, I've got a busy schedule too. Hope to hear some good responses from you![1] http://www.vox.com...[2] http://www.thecannabist.co...