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Only in the same way we see violent alcohol gangs on the streets. Oh wait, that was largely because of prohibition and ended when alcohol was legalized and allowed to be sold by legitimate taxpaying businesses instead of black market thugs.
Are you suggesting that narcotics be sold on the open market with storefronts and cash registers? Just curious what you mean by comparing alcohol and drug gangs. The two seem to have very different inner workings and more complex networks of international origin.
Are you suggesting that narcotics be sold on the open market with storefronts and cash registers?
Yes, regulated like alcohol.
I know, radical idea But no, it's not really if you read the Constitution.
And the reality is, the black market exists, and is much worse than a legitimate taxpaying market. On top of that, we are wasting resources punishing people for owning property. Given your OP, this should be an important fact to you.
If a person gets high and commits a crime, then punish them. But getting high should not be a crime by itself. We have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
I agree on the execution part. I'm not sure I follow you on the drug addicts part though. What do you want to do with them?
I don't know what I want to do with drug addicts, I think there are better options then putting them in prison, letting them out, and going through that process over and over again. Drug addicts need rehabilitation, education, life skills, job training, and discipline, I don't think prisons offer that really.
Are you suggesting that narcotics be sold on the open market with storefronts and cash registers? Just curious what you mean by comparing alcohol and drug gangs. The two seem to have very different inner workings and more complex networks of international origin.
Yep. Bootlegging during prohibition was a very complex, international operation. And the gangs were no less violent then than they are today.
I for one am all in favor selling most recreational drugs "on the open market with storefronts and cash registers."
Only in the same way we see violent alcohol gangs on the streets. Oh wait, that was largely because of prohibition and ended when alcohol was legalized and allowed to be sold by legitimate taxpaying businesses instead of black market thugs.
but the gangs didnt go away when prohibition was repealed, they moved into other criminal activity. Decriminalizing drugs wont stop the street gangs of today, they will just switch to different criminal activities.
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But no, it's not really if you read the Constitution. 
