TheNamelessWonder
Tree Surgeon
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Well until they try it, that evidence is just an educated guess. Consumption would increase, and we'd see an immediate increase in the drug users, most simply to 'try it' and then i'm sure a bunch would be hooked since that's how addiction works.
Would you go try some heroin if it were legal? Doubt it. You don't take heroin because you know it's bad for you, not because the law prohibits it. Maybe consumption would pick up a little. Maybe it would decrease a little, because all those dumbass kids who do stupid things just because they're against the rules wouldn't have a reason to start anymore.
Gangs won't subside, they have been around since the beginning of time; they just won't be quite as involved in the drug trade (and that's debatable since the black market will still remain since we've proven we can't shut it down, and there'll always be people willing to undercut the gov't prices.)
Drug gangs won't have a point without a drug black market to sell on. Corporations will take over for cartels. Sure they might exist in some form, but what happen to the alcohol mobsters after Prohibition was repealed? Exactly.
Drugs won't necessarily safer; sure they might not contain crazy cutting drugs to increase the potency but if you start letting people use drugs, they might not die from doing Ecstasy, but they might go out and run in front of traffic. You would definitely have an increase in drug related injuries/accidents/deaths.
Except they will be safer, as you just said. They'll be regulated, and the corporations who produce this stuff will be subject to government inspections.
The problems drug prohibition incurs aren't as dangerous as the costs of letting everyone have free reign on drugs. Yes it does fail to curb consumption; that doesn't mean we should open the floodgates and encourage consumption. You're simply approaching this from the wrong angle.
Free reign? Nobody here is talking about free reign, nor encouraging consumption. Stop putting words in my mouth, and stuff away your knee-jerk reactions. Open up your mind and take a look at the situation.