Drug Legalization

//Cloppbeast , Just because drugs are bad , doesnt mean people are always smart enough to realize this// //Basically what you are suggesting is that people are sometimes stupid enough to do drugs, therefore the government needs to provide extra incentive for them. To start with, this arrangement doesn't work for reasons I already explained in the second round.. Secondly, considering the drug laws don't actually deter drug use, they are inhumane. Consider a crack-head who put in prison and while in prison he decides to turn his life around and quits crack. After he gets out of prison he rethinks his life and tries to get a job, but no one will hire him because he used to do crack. Devestated and alone he gives up on his new life and turns to his addiction again. Why would a just government do that to a person? Drug criminalization prevents drug-addicts from getting past the problems. People on drugs don't deserve to be put in prison, they just need help.// At least in prison that drug addict is forced to stay clean. You say that a person would rather their loved one not go to jail , well as I have family members that are drug addicts , I can personally say no you dont want your loved one to go to jail , but you would rather them in jail then out on the streets .. and risking them being dead any day from a drug overdose. I have two cousins that lost their dads to drug overdoses .. Yes I believe they would rather their fathers in jail then dead. There are plenty of chances to get clean and get a new job... the person just has to be serious about staying clean , there are 12 step prgrams and job programs out there. //Most people don't pick up drugs and say Im going to try this and then be an addict for life. Everyone thinks it won't happen to them. NOONE tries their first drug saying I will become an addict.// //No one suggested people purposefully get addicted to drugs. They are usually manipulated by drug dealers who are seeking another client. Why would we put an innocent victim of manipulation into prison after they have already been prosecuted enough with their addiction?// How can you think that more people are not going to be at risk for addiction if drugs are legalized...they will only become even more accessable //To say oh well if people are ODing , they will do it anyway , so lets make it legal is crazy.// //Drug laws ruin, rather than help lives. Drug laws waste taxpayers money. Drug laws create a black market which puts drug suppliers, users, and innocent bystanders in danger. Drug laws infringe upon our civil liberties. Drug laws overpopulate our prisons with non-violent criminals. Drug laws increase the cost of drugs, making it necessary for addicts to steal. Drug laws put inocent children at risk of being targetted by a drug dealer. Drug lords and terrorist proffit of the illegal drug market. Drugs would be much safer if legalized. Drug laws don't work anyway. So, considering all these repercussions of drug laws, why do even have them if the don't even work?// Then we need stronger drug laws and to stop drug production at the top , not to make it easier for the people who produce these dangerous narcotics to make money ... but make it harder ...We also need more drug education. Abolishing drug laws isnt the way to go , its the only thing somewhat stopping drug abuse, //so they may avoid drugs , but if they are legal , then hey why not give it a try// //Why would you give them a try? You have already expressed many reason not to try drugs. They cause death, brain damage, and are extremely addictive. Every one knows how bad drugs are. Why do you still seem think drug laws are the reason people aren't using drugs?// I wouldn't give them a try , and I know how harmful drugs can be , but unfortunately not all young people think about that stuff , college kids aren't thinking whats good for them or not , they are thinking oh look they are selling ecstacy at the store lets get some and have fun and oops one of them has their heart stop on the dance floor that night oh well ... drug laws wouldn't have worked anyway. //Do you know who produces and distribute most illegal narcotics? Drug lords , terrorists , etc . Do you really want to let them profit legally off of us and all the people that get hooked on their dangerous products.// //Terrorists and drug lords do distribute most ILLEGAL narcatics. Terrorists and drug lords tend to radiate towards illegal activity. But, in the presence of a free market, terrorists will not profit. Companies profit in a free market, not terrorists.// Why should anyone profit off of a product that can kill someone in one instant , from one time. You can OD whether its your first time or 50th time trying something... There is no way what so ever that any drug can be considered not dangerous except maybe pot. We have the FDA to test every cure and medical drug there is , but then we are going to legalize something we know can kill you .. will kill you one way or another eventually. Thanks for the debate. Any time :) Thank You as well :)