2007-12-21 13:38:34 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Gender Studies
Depends on the type, Marijuana for instance should be legalized and regulated. Cocaine, I haven't made up my mind, perhaps a person should get a license for it and their monthly intake should be limited.
But others like Meth, crack, MDMH, GHB, PCP, acid, etc. should remain illegal.
2007-12-23 17:21:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think marijuana should be legalized, taxed, and regulated. Too much money has been spent on the wrong thing -- the eradication of drugs. If the U.S. and Canada made marijuana legal, the government would earn a lot of tax money that would be better spent on helping people overcome any problems associated with drug use.
Having said that, I agree with some of the posters that minors should not be allowed to smoke pot, just as they are prohibited from drinking and smoking tobacco. Also, bus drivers, pilots, and people who work around hazardous materials should avoid smoking pot, also.
Now, with cocaine, given that it is expensive, and albeit not addictive, just really compelling to do as much as you can, I don't think it should be legalized.
And addictive drugs like heroin shouldn't be legalized. Amsterdam has a lot more crime than other countries in Europe, and one can correlate this to drug use.
2007-12-22 10:25:15 · answer #2 · answered by Rainbow 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alcohol and nicotine are both legal recreational drugs.
Assuming this is not what you meant, I believe that the law should treat drug use as a health issue, and the legislation should be based around harm minimization.
It has proven impossible to prevent the supply of illicit drugs, so there is something to be said for the government taking control of supply, and taking the revenues, using them to provide health services to addicts who want to become clean of their addictions.
This would also get rid of a lot of secondary crime associated with drug addicts stealing to feed their habits, and all the other huge social costs involved. Not to mention violent drug cartels.
This isn't especially a "feminist" viewpoint, more a libertarian viewpoint.
2007-12-21 13:46:40 · answer #3 · answered by Twilight 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Drugs should be legalized, taxed, and regulated. That would bring an end to drug trafficking and all the crime and violence associated with it. The "War On Drugs" that has been going on since the 1980s has been a miserable failure. Drugs are still plentiful and easy to get and our prisons are full of people who would be better off in rehab. Overcrowding like this is a major reason why violent criminals get released early.
2007-12-21 14:01:28 · answer #4 · answered by RoVale 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It should be legalized and marketed by the guys who tried to push Linux, but seriously I feel that they should be legal and made a monopoly of the state at dumping prices. That way there wont be no corporations behind the drugs seeking to maximize profits, while the state can replace organized crime taking that source away from them, without increasing the number of drug dependents too much.
2007-12-21 13:55:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Marijuana should be legal so long as alcohol is legal and it should be sold in liquor stores. It's just a strange contradiction that it's not. DUI and age laws should apply. Hard drugs should be decriminalized, but not legalized. Simply because society, tax payers and children pay a high cost for the effects of hard drug use.
More money should be made available for rehabilitating drug users so that we don't have to channel that money into the foster care and prison system.
2007-12-21 13:48:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Well rec drugs being illegal never stopped anyone taking them, so maybe it's better to legalise but educate on the dangers at same time and teach the young ones the risks involved and how they can stay safe.
Am for the legalisation of pot, it should be readily available to anyone who wants it. But only the good stuff from Singapore or Nepal,lol. They can keep the nasty stuff illegal.
2007-12-21 17:02:02 · answer #7 · answered by Shivers 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
all vice should be decriminalized, regulated, (just as current legal vice is regulated), and taxed. All government involvement should be placed around harm reduction, (i.e. addiction treatment clinics, needle exchanges, education, etc.)
This would increase the income of the government itself and seriously decrease the prison population and vice related violent crime.
2007-12-21 14:06:17 · answer #8 · answered by vegan_geek 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I second Rio's answer. When these things are legal, the crime syndicates couldn't make money.
C. :)!!
2007-12-21 14:00:33 · answer #9 · answered by Charlie Kicksass 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they should be legal and regulated. this would end the abusive behavior of females in the illegal drug trade, e.g. mules.
2007-12-21 13:44:48 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋