Obvoiusly habitual drug use is bad for you, but so is habitual eating (obesity), excessive air breathing (hyperventilate), overworking (miss watching your kids grow up). All of thoughs things are necessities to life, but in excess they are harmful just like drugs. And if you believe the decriminalization of alcohol reduced crime by taking away the method criminals can provide a service and therefore make money and have power. Then shouldn’t drugs be regulated and controlled to ensure that people who have access to them are only people who are of age and able to make adult decisions for themselves. As well as being heavily taxed in order to fund treatment and prevention programs along with other social projects. All the while reducing expenses currently being used to fight the unwinable War on Drugs. This would take the power from criminals while enabling our country to openly and honestly confront its drug addicts. Those who disagree, have you experimented with drugs?
Bee Bee, no doubt drugs can have a horribly terrible effect on some people. But legal are not these effects did occur in your life. So if that was the outcome of your families experience in an illegal drug world, then couldn’t a world where drugs are legalized along with a tax funded prevention and treatment program produced a possibly better outcome for your family? And if you disagree then what would be a better alternative?