>Consumers also want cocaine, but that doesn't mean you get to sell it to them with impunity. The appropriate situation for those that want cocaine is somethin

>Consumers also want cocaine, but that doesn't mean you get to sell it to them with impunity. The appropriate situation for those that want cocaine is something similar to the rules around purchasing/possessing/using alcohol. From an economic standpoint (increased tax revenue, reduced spending on "enforcement" and incarceration, increased economic output because fewer people are in prison, etc.) and a societal standpoint (more resources available to the 2-5% of folks who end up with dependency problems, reduced property crime, not harming communities with significant numbers of residents being pulled out of the community and incarcerated, etc.) As such, there's no good reason for any mind altering substances to be illegal. Rather, they should be regulated and taxed appropriately.