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Marijuana - No one should be in prison for this crap. Simply make an age limit and fine those in violation the same as cigarette usage. You won't stop young kids that is for sure, just as you can't prevent them from drinking alcohol. Make it state controlled and sold, tax it as high as you wish. Once it is legalized I'm pretty darned sure someone will come up with an effective way to prove the last time you smoked it and make it safe for employers to hire someone who smoked it last night and is fine the next day, the same way alcohol is.
LSD / Shrooms - I put these and other drugs like them in their own category because they are different than Heroin, Meth, and similiar drugs. You can not be physically adicted to either, but mentally you sure in the hell can. Contrary to what someone posted above, they do not effect you for a few days. LSD lasts about 12 hours and only a few hours have anything to do with hallucinations, and those hours come within a 1/2 hour of taking it.
The rest of illegal drugs - Legal with only a doctor authorizing the usage. The usage should also be connected to treatment in a hospital or treatment center with the intention of helping that person get off of the drug itself. Implementation is the hard part, I suppose.
THe only reason I'm for legalizing is because we might as well be able to tax it, and make it somewhat safe for those attempting to use it. We then could understand and help those that are using the drugs more than we can now. The real problem is how insurance companies and employers would see it and the risks of hiring (as they are today) people who are on drugs.
Personally, there is nothing good that comes from the current illegal drug usage, but ultimately being able to help those that feel the need is the most important in my opinion. Why not use the tax money from the product to help recoveries and to help pay for sending poor users to some sort of school so they can fit better into society and provide for their families and possibly, just possibly, understand life isn't so bleak and having a good job and providing for your family is of interest. |