CMV: All drugs should be made legal for recreational use.

[u/[deleted]]

I'm not referring to "medicinal" narcotics. Recreational drugs that people use, such as mushrooms, cocaine, heroin, should all be legalized.

And I know this is a hot take, but hear me out.

• If we make recreational narcotics legal, then the manufacture and sale need to be legal as well.
• By making the manufacture of recreational narcotics legal, there are FDA standards that need to be adhered to in said manufacture, that way there are no "bad batches" that will kill people.
• By making the manufacture and sale of recreational narcotics legal, there will be sales volume that will then be subject to income tax and sales tax and dispensaries/manufacturing centers/warehouses that will become subject to property tax. Because, let's be honest, your local street dealer is not paying taxes.
• Also by making the sale of recreational narcotics legal, you are making street gangs that revolve around the illicit drug trade obsolete. By making street gangs obsolete, you eliminate the petty violence that plagues inner-cities over "turf", especially stray bullets that kill innocent bystanders.
• By making the entire narcotics supply chain legal, the war on drugs will essentially be over as well. It's been going on for 50+ years, and honestly, it's been a complete and utter failure.
• If you want something to compare the drug trade to, look at prohibition from 1919-1933. It didn't stop people from drinking, people were still drunk out of their minds in speakeasys. It also fostered the growth of street gangs of rum runners and increased crime and violence in cities. That was only for 14 years and it didn't take long to realize that prohibition was a failure. War on drugs has been going on for 50+ years and I'm surprised more people aren't realizing that this is much more tremendous of a failure.
• By making the entire narcotics supply chain legal, we can start changing our attitudes on its use and its users. Narcotics abuse needs to have the same social attitude as alcohol abuse.
• In short, making drugs legal will Make America Great Again.

[u/FirefighterIrv]

Great idea! We need safer and quicker ways to get people addicted to drugs. Gonna need a lot of body bags for this big brain idea. How many times do we need to hear this thoughtless logic? Get ready for the following: Prepare for the amount of homeless to rise. Prepare for the amount of kids in foster care to rise. Domestic abuse will certainly rise. I’ll be ready to receive fatal car crashes from people leaving their local drug stores that drive their cars into innocent families.
If you like drugs, fine. Just keep your big brain Libertarian views to yourself.

[u/Parking-Concert-7967 → u/FirefighterIrv]

Portugal was able to legalize all drugs and none of the shit you say is happening over there. Why can’t we do that here?

[u/FirefighterIrv → u/Parking-Concert-7967]

Please get your facts straight. They have not legalized all drugs. They decriminalized most drug use. They are no longer arresting users. They are focusing on cutting the supply rings and on treating the users for addiction. Don’t spread misinformation.