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Legalization requires social support systems exist and function. I am all for legalization of drugs, but without also massive investments in housing, mental he

Legalization requires social support systems exist and function. I am all for legalization of drugs, but without also massive investments in housing, mental health, and addiction recovery, it won't accomplish the goals. We also need a functioning police and judicial system. If drugs are legal, and people are antisocial homeless people who support their addiction with crime, those people need jail, rehab, and help getting back on track. What we want to avoid is productive citizens having their lives ruined for a joint or a bit of coke on the weekend. The legal future of drugs is being able to occasionally buy very expensive but pure cocaine at a club, not enabling addicts to happily get high in tents at the expense of society at large.

rs999gti 4y ago
> not enabling addicts to happily get high in tents at the expense of society at large. A truly free society should allow people to throw their lives away, practice harmful habits, etc. Otherwise, is your life yours or the state's?
- DougN7 4y ago
  That’s an interesting question. If you didn’t have parents, spouses, children, etc who would be crushed by your own destruction I’d agree. But being part of a family, and even part of a friend structure, neighborhood, society necessitates not being completely selfish. So your life never really is 100% your own in my opinion.
tomjen3 4y ago
>If drugs are legal, and people are antisocial homeless people who support their addiction with crime They wouldn't need to do that if it was sold at free market prices. Even better, i they were anti-social to the point of causing trouble we could lock them up for a couple weeks now that we didn't need so many prisons to hold non-violent drug offenders.
kodyo 4y ago
>I am all for legalization of drugs, but without also massive investments in housing, mental health, and addiction recovery, it won't accomplish the goals. We also need a functioning police and judicial system. You would probably argue that you'd need those things when drugs are illegal, too, so I'm not sure what your disagreement is.

rs999gti 4y ago

> not enabling addicts to happily get high in tents at the expense of society at large. A truly free society should allow people to throw their lives away, practice harmful habits, etc. Otherwise, is your life yours or the state's?

DougN7 4y ago
That’s an interesting question. If you didn’t have parents, spouses, children, etc who would be crushed by your own destruction I’d agree. But being part of a family, and even part of a friend structure, neighborhood, society necessitates not being completely selfish. So your life never really is 100% your own in my opinion.

tomjen3 4y ago

>If drugs are legal, and people are antisocial homeless people who support their addiction with crime They wouldn't need to do that if it was sold at free market prices. Even better, i they were anti-social to the point of causing trouble we could lock them up for a couple weeks now that we didn't need so many prisons to hold non-violent drug offenders.

kodyo 4y ago

>I am all for legalization of drugs, but without also massive investments in housing, mental health, and addiction recovery, it won't accomplish the goals. We also need a functioning police and judicial system. You would probably argue that you'd need those things when drugs are illegal, too, so I'm not sure what your disagreement is.