General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: It really is time to legalize drugs, yes, all of them [View all]MadHound
(34,179 posts)Needle exchanges, hah, like you said, we've been fighting that battle a long time, and it is still nothing but a political football.
Legalizing drugs would allow the problem to be approached properly, not as a law enforcement or political problem, but as a health problem
You need money for the treatment infrastructure, gee, tax the drugs and voila! You have your money.
We've been taking one baby step forward and two big steps backwards ever since we began this War on Drugs. To try and continue the same incremental approach only means that more of nothing is going to get done. And frankly, a lot of people, myself included, are tired of being victims of the secondary crime wave. How many more innocents have to die, how much more do innocent people have to lose before we realize that we're engaging in failed policy?