Would you favor decriminalizing all drugs if you knew it would dramatically reduce violent crime but greatly increase the death toll from drug abuse?
i would.. then the drug users would only be hurting themselves.
2006-08-07 09:22:54 · 13 answers · asked by tomiyo 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
a lot of the attraction towards drugs is the fact that it is illegal..
if we would focus more on the education. and once people saw how many really died. . but this is all fake anyhow. it wouldn't really decrease violent crimes. . that's why i made it up
2006-08-07 09:29:39 · update #1
Yes I would. Drug use is [in a perfect world] a 'victimless' crime. I know the family/friends will be affected, yadda, yadda, yadda....
But would you rather have your grandma mugged and stabbed so some guy could go buy an ouce of coke, or would you rather the drug dealer just do as much coke as he wants and die from it sooner (rather than later)?
2006-08-07 09:29:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 16⤊ 1⤋
Honestly why would it decrease crime rates...I think that it would increase rates and death tolls...If you think about it there are a lot of crack heads out there now but if you legalize the crap then there will be a lot more. When there are more people on drugs more killings,robberies, and violent acts will occur...I dont know where you got that idea from saying that it would decrease violence. If drugs were legal then more people would use them and when they ran out of money to get the drugs they would have to result to violent acts like mugging or whatever to get their money...
2006-08-07 16:28:43 · answer #2 · answered by Lucid_dreams 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
actually the government can then make "hospitals" in a sense and administer the drugs,i agree with decriminilization,you would have less crime,but you have to think what a lucritive business prisoners are for the government so they will never let it happen,but atleast then the drugs can be controlled,if they made a rule saying anyone selling them would go to jail for life it would cut backa lot,and aids and such would become lower in cases,and i agree if they want to o.d let them but atleast then they would be in the government controlled enviornment then off to the incinerator once they drop dead,i like your train of thought
2006-08-07 16:31:19 · answer #3 · answered by cote8377 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought the abortion laws taught us we have a right to do what we want to our bodies. If we want to cram it full of drugs, then we should expect the consequences. But it was our choice to do so. Violent crime, means you did something to someone else that was bad thus impinging on their freedom.
DRUGS ALL THE WAY
2006-08-07 16:28:41 · answer #4 · answered by CrashCondon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, because then you would be setting other people up to use drugs who are not using it now because they are scare to due to it being illegal. Probably will have a lot more drug users.
2006-08-07 16:28:14 · answer #5 · answered by Coco 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No beacuse making it legal would mean that all kinds of young people, like kids, would decide to try it when they wouldn't have before and our country's future would go down the toilet.
2006-08-07 16:27:56 · answer #6 · answered by operagirlmary 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you tax the drug to death, something might happen.
2006-08-07 16:27:20 · answer #7 · answered by Judas Rabbi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd just keep everything the way it is now. If people use drugs, they'll either go to jail or just kill themselves.
2006-08-07 16:27:26 · answer #8 · answered by emma 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Because the whole population will eventually die out, and a lot sooner than we should, so what would be the point if we'd all die anyway?
2006-08-07 16:28:38 · answer #9 · answered by Elaina 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, because the "drug user" it might be hurting could be your kid.
2006-08-07 16:27:13 · answer #10 · answered by The Man 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋