Reply #16: I'm struggling with this one

[JonLP24]

I'm thinking that there could be exotic drugs that are very toxic and/or affect your "rebound effect" at a faster rate. Xanax(spelling?) affects your "rebound effect" at a faster rate than alcohol for example.

My whole issue with it remain illegal is it drives the business underground and a lot of the disputes (such as someone trying to steal a dealer's stash, a dealer shorting a customer, a dealer cutting a product so much it hardly gets you high, etc) are handled with violence. Also we spend a lot of law enforcement resources and hardly making an impact. Money that could be better used in treatment programs, better prevention.

I'm also very willing to compromise. Start with cannabis legalization(look into legalizing other drugs low on the dependence and toxic scale) and decriminalization for drug possession.