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Originally Posted by bg85
^we need to decriminalize it because the cons associated with prohibition are far outweighed by the pros of decriminalization. We need to decriminalize it because in every case where prohibition laws have been eased, drug abuse has declined (see the Netherlands, Portugal). No one here is arguing that crystal meth is good for you, we're arguing that it's illegality causes a much larger problem than the drug itself. People with drug addictions should be treated as medical patients not criminals. The way it is now, the punishment for taking the drug is more harmful than taking the drug itself and only exacerbates the problem. How does that make any sense?
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It doesn't, but since when has american government made sense? Youre not going to be able to push all this through at once. It doesn't matter how right you are, normal people won't accept it. You need those normal people to accept it to get the law passed. You need them to accept it in an overwhelming majority. You don't have that now. Nor are you anywhere close.
Pot by itself, is almost there at the finish line/top of the mountain. Its going to be a gradual process, just like prohibition was. It doesn't have to make sense, because fear is involved. Fear turns humans into irrational creatures. You have to get them used to it slowly.
If it was only a matter of making sense alot of things in this world would be better. But its not.