Kleptocracy
28 Dec 2009, 06:53 PM
First, I want to point out a simple solution that would avoid increasing the amount of people taking drugs.
Legalize, tax and regulate all drugs. Tax the drugs enough that they are more expensive than what the current street value. Enforce harsher punishments on anybody buying or selling drugs illegally.
Some of the likely effects:
Lower drug consumption.
Greater freedom of choice.
Lower profit for dangerous drug gangs.
Frees up jail spaces for dangerous criminals such as paedophiles.
Significant boost to the economy.
Creates jobs.
Some of the tax money could be used to rehabilitate drug addicts.
Lower crime rate.
Less people with an unnecessary criminal record against their name.
Medicinal drugs such as marijuana are easily available to anybody who needs them.
In my opinion it is very clear that legalizing drugs in this way would bring very significant benefits to society with no real negatives, yet of the 195 countries in the world, not one single country chooses to even test this method out, no matter which party gets elected they remain illegal.
This seems to suggest that every government in the world is not working in the interests of the people who elected them.
What do you think?
Legalize, tax and regulate all drugs. Tax the drugs enough that they are more expensive than what the current street value. Enforce harsher punishments on anybody buying or selling drugs illegally.
Some of the likely effects:
Lower drug consumption.
Greater freedom of choice.
Lower profit for dangerous drug gangs.
Frees up jail spaces for dangerous criminals such as paedophiles.
Significant boost to the economy.
Creates jobs.
Some of the tax money could be used to rehabilitate drug addicts.
Lower crime rate.
Less people with an unnecessary criminal record against their name.
Medicinal drugs such as marijuana are easily available to anybody who needs them.
In my opinion it is very clear that legalizing drugs in this way would bring very significant benefits to society with no real negatives, yet of the 195 countries in the world, not one single country chooses to even test this method out, no matter which party gets elected they remain illegal.
This seems to suggest that every government in the world is not working in the interests of the people who elected them.
What do you think?