If we legalize drugs, these people will no longer be criminals. We won't be able to lock them away in prison. They will be able to use drugs openly. Again, the simple facts aren't in contention, but we don't want to accept them. It sounds reasonable enough until you consider that we don't treat any other risk this way .
Life is full of risks.
People die doing their jobs playing sports from using alcohol and tobacco These things aren't illegal. And then we send our children out on the highways, and pray for their safe return. Driving is a risk that we accept . The argument that drugs must be illegal because they are dangerous doesn't even stand on its own terms. Making drugs illegal doesn't stop people from using them, and it actually increases the dangers of using them.