tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post4788240946358197502..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: Cold War on drugsRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-80858912945776125792016-04-11T21:49:59.148-04:002016-04-11T21:49:59.148-04:00You should watch this:
https://www.youtube.com/wa...You should watch this:<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp4pEP3X_NY<br /><br />I see no strong reason to keep drugs illegal. If we had a free market in drugs which obviously are a rare thing in the US the price of manufacturing and production would be low and ergo drug users could afford them. Crime has high risk and high returns. Since the sales of drugs have to go underground the dealers are associated with crime. So the buyers too get caught up with this. <br />Having to steal, rob and what not to get the money. Whereas if it were illegal they could hold down a part-time job to fund their habit. <br /><br />I feel this blog is against libertarianism as is modern Evangelicalism in the US. If we look at this situation holistically<br /><br />The cons of legalization are:<br /><br />- Addiction (which can be debated) which MIGHT lead to domestic abuse. Which is likely due to other factor such as their upbringing.<br /><br />The pros of legalization:<br /><br />- An increase in civil liberties<br />- Reduction in tax and thus taxes<br />- Helps dismantle the police state<br />- Won't ruin the lives of young minorities who end up going to jail over an ounce of weed which then makes it impossible for them to land a job, and thus forcing them to resort to crime as a means of income/welfare dependency<br /><br />I see you are trying to take a balanced approach and yes I am biased. I am a "classical liberal". Which means I only think the gov't should run is the military, police, courts, emergency services and local roads. It's obvious you can see the pitfalls of this terrible gov't program. <br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-13849552723866763642016-04-11T17:19:06.265-04:002016-04-11T17:19:06.265-04:00Another complicating factor is the phoney diagnosi...Another complicating factor is the phoney diagnosis of substance abuse as a disease which, in our socialist milieu, means the "patient" is entitled to medical care for both his "condition" and subsequent physical and mental consequences of his chosen behaviors (eg, heppatitis c with new drugs running ~ $90k for a course of treatment). All too often, substance abuse teatment ends up as nothing more than "three hots and a cot" in jail, prison, or treatment facilities - all at the taxpayers' expense with precious little success.Kirk Skeptichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06142889734004402296noreply@blogger.com