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Originally Posted by rstevens62
No, I think you misunderstand...if you remove the drug laws, the crime will go with it...
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No, it will not.
You're way out of your league here and have no idea what you're talking about and just spewing nonsense.
Legalizing drugs will not reduce drug-induced crimes.
Drug-induced crimes are crimes committed by people under the influence of drugs such as domestic violence, child abuse, child neglect, vehicular homicide/manslaughter, operating a vehicle under the influence, murder, arson, rape, assault etc etc.
Legalizing drugs will not eliminate the Black Market for drugs.
When you present the bill for the cost of drug addiction and drug abuse, the tax-payers are going to refuse to pay it.
Tax-payers will demand that drug users foot the bill for the cost of drug addiction and drug abuse.
To pay the cost of drug addiction and drug abuse, the cost of legalized drugs will need to be very high, higher than street value.
Since many will not be able to afford to pay the price for legalized drugs, they will turn to the Black Market.
There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that you have never once lived or worked in a so-called "communist" country, because if you had, you know, lived or worked there as I did, then you'd know that when you need something, you go to the Black Market because 1) they're likely to have what you need when government stores run out of what you need; and 2) it will cost less than the price set by the government.
The only things that were pricey on the Black Market were those things the government did not sell at all, like blue jeans, and blue jean jackets, and things like that.
Even those people who could afford to buy legalized drugs at government prices, they will go to the Black Market, because it will be cheaper.
And, you will still have crime, because many drug users and drug addicts who lost their job because of their addiction or drug use or who don't have enough money to buy either legal drugs through the government or on the Black Market will still turn to burglary, larceny, robbery, shop-lifting etc to get money to buy drugs.
Also, your lack of common sense is truly appalling.
Do you have any idea how cocaine is made?
No, you don't. You're totally clueless.
How much is a couple of rocks on the street? If you thought the price was because they're illegal, you thought wrong. It's Supply & Demand, which brings us to how cocaine is made.
If a hole hasn't already been dug, then some man or woman who makes about $30/month...no I didn't stutter...will dig a hole, dump a couple bushels of coca leaves in it and then add Potassium Permanganate to it. Then later they'll come back and add a few more chemicals. You don't need to know.
If it's a high-tech operation, they might actually use metal or plastic barrels.
So, who in the US is willing to work for $30/month?
You don't have to provide their addresses and phone numbers, just their names will do.
So, how about it?
Did I mention these operations are outdoors?
We'd be on patrol in the jungle highlands in Honduras and stumble into an area with a bunch of barrels.
It's not exactly a 14,400 square foot air-conditioned/heated factory lit to ASIS illumination standards where workers get a high wage and FICA, HI, FUTA, SUTA, worker's comp, health insurance vacation, paid holidays etc etc etc, and the company has business, casualty and fire insurance and pays taxes and has lots of operating expenses for security, maintenance, janitorial, warehousing, cartage, etc etc etc.
Figure it out yet?
Oh, and add the cost of drug addiction and drug abuse to that.
Those tribes people in Afghanistan growing poppies make less than $30/month. Granted, the Turks get paid more, about $120/month to $160/month and those operations are indoors, but you'd not want to work there.
Figure it out yet?
Oh, and don't forget to add the cost of drug addiction and drug abuse to that.
It would probably help if you ever came to understand why things are the way they are.
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