Quote:You're not just saving them from themselves.   You're also saving yourself from them.   I don't want a whole bunch of additional drug addicts because that would affect my life in a very negative way.    So, if you don't want to do it for them, do it for yourself. 

 

But you're assuming that if drugs are legalized, drug use will increase.  We know that not to be the case in Amsterdam where the amount of people who smoke pot per 100,000 is less then it is here in the US.  It had the opposite effect of what you stated above.

 

Granted, that doesn't prove my point with all drugs, but I do think education, drug treatment programs and looking at things scientifically are much more productive then throwing drug users in the slammer.  US is #1 in the world with the amount of citizens in prison and #2 in the world in prison population rate.  If it ain't working, it ain't working.

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