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An American is now arrested for violating cannabis laws every 38 seconds. - FBI 2007

Legalizing drugs would save roughly $44.1 billion per year in
government expenditure on enforcement of prohibition. $30.3 billion of this savings
would accrue to state and local governments, while $13.8 billion would accrue to the
federal government. Approximately $12.9 billion of the savings would results from
legalization of marijuana, $19.3 billion from legalization of cocaine and heroin, and
$11.6 from legalization of other drugs.

Drug legalization would yield tax revenue of $32.7 billion
annually, assuming legal drugs are taxed at rates comparable to those on alcohol and
tobacco. Approximately $6.7 of this revenue would result from legalization of
marijuana, $22.5 billion from legalization of cocaine and heroin, and $3.5 from
legalization of other drugs.

Jeffrey Miron, Dept of Economics, Harvard University Dec 2008

The US has spent $2.5T enforcing the War on Drugs over the last 40 years - TIME Magazine Mar 2009

Just sayin' $80B a year is a lot of green.

 

Only marijuana should be legalized. The other drugs are very dangerous, whereas marijuana has not officially been proven to damage anything other than brain cells... Just like alcohol.

 

Alcohol is toxic and chronic abuse destroys your liver. Just because something is legal doesn't mean it will hurt you. There are lots of toxic substances which are legal that people could use to get high but very few do. Gasoline, spray paint, model glue... Making something illegal doesn't determine whether someone will ingest it.

I've never used meth or heroin or crack but it's not because I couldn't get it or because it was illegal. I wouldn't shoot heroin any soon than I'd spray paint into a paper bag and inhale the fumes. legal or otherwise. Same reason I don't drink bleach. Not because I can't or because I'm not allowed to but because it's stupid.

 

I'd do heroin if it were legal. I need to lose a few pounds.....perhaps some teeth, hair and brain cells....maybe even forget all my troubles and go OD straight to the pine box. Yea....just say yes!

 

^ If it stops your rants about the superior driving skill of JButton and your paranoia surrounding Obama, I'll start a charity drive for you and the pine box of your choice.

 

Just because something is dangerous doesn't mean it is ok for it to be illegal, philosophically speaking.

IMO everything should be legalized.

 

they'll never legalize... maybe decriminalize, but its still a long shot....

 

Lets look at the facts of drug legalization.

Feds love profit and it is their key motivational factor in establishing laws...

If drug enforcement profit is greater than or equal to legalization of drugs then we can say drugs will be illegal.

If drug legalization profits are greater than or equal to drug prohibition, then drugs will be legal.

 

wheres the CIA gonna get all their money?

wiki cia yay

 

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