Somehow I knew it would be you who chose to reply.
In answer a question, I think that honestly cigarettes should be made illegal, though because of the celebratory connotations of wine and cigars, I think that outlawing them would be going too far. And, seeing as tequila and such things are economic alternatives to such things, I don't object to their legality. I know that my views are not very consistent, but such is the complexity of my thoughts I suppose.
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Most drug users aren't junkies, and the ones that are are usually the ones driven into poverty by the drug economy. You could turn all of the now unused prisons into 12 step programs/halfway houses if you wanted, it would still cost less to house them.
I think you are perhaps being pretty stereotypical. Not every drug user is broke. I think that a sizable representation of them are middle or upper class teens who are, to put it simply, bored. Drugs are fun. Which then, yes, does contradict my theory that they partake of them enough to be hospitalized, but I still think that I made a valid point.
Replacing prisons with 12 step programs would be a good initiative, but good alternative would also be to simply implement effective rehabilitation programs into prisons. And yes I know that I have no idea how that would work, I'm sure it is very complex, but I'm equally sure that someone can come up with a solution rather than trying to fix the monetary issues by making drugs legal.
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Also, I doubt many people would stay away from the hospital due to gunshot or stab wound, unless it was just a knick. Underworld docs are mostly a myth, and most people don't know of them personally anyway.
As far as gunshot and stab victims avoiding hospitals, I think that, again, a sizable representation do not seek treatment if the injury isn't pressing and will attempt to take care of it themselves.
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They tax lots of things people conceder "bad". Porn, Sex toys, Contraceptives, Videogames, Naughty Music, Harry Potter, etcetera. It's more on what you define as bad then anything. That said, as long as the money goes back to the people, it isn't corruption. It's a stupid tax, like the lottery.
I don't believe I ever said the word "bad" in my post to describe drugs. And no, I'm not for banning any of those things.
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I doubt your textbooks will be sponsored by Ampeta-Cola, at any rate. I'd still have it 18 plus, and you'd have to get spieled at by a pharmacist every time you wanted anything.
This is silly. But of course, I do assume that age limits would be set if drugs were indeed made legal.