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Look at what happens when drug use is legalized and regulated. Did crime spike with weed legalization in any major city? Other drugs are worse on both user and

Look at what happens when drug use is legalized and regulated. Did crime spike with weed legalization in any major city? Other drugs are worse on both user and their environment (including alcohol), but they're not the source of the other problems. Rather, we are, when we reject such people and force them to live in squalor with no options. I don't think _anyone_ has a legitimate justification to be smoking mystery substances on the street corner like I see, but that alone doesn't make them criminals unless _we_ make it so through our policies.

nickff 4y ago
You made a much stronger claim in your original post: >"Drug use isn't associated with crime and filth until we make it so via harsh city policies." Now you're saying that legalizing and regulating does not lead to a 'crime spike', which is a very different position. Researchers seem to believe that it is virtually impossible to lead a functional (non-criminal) life when addicted to certain substances (like certain opiates, methamphetamines, and crack cocaine). From my personal experiences, this seems to be true; are you arguing that people addicted to these substances will lead healthy lives if the drugs are legalized? For the record, I am in favor of fully legalizing everything, but I don't believe it'll somehow reduce or solve the crime issues.