Earlier quoted context omitted.
Here's how I see it. You have all these knobs you can twiddle with and see the results. Here's what happens when you turn the knobs: make crack legal -----> crack-use increases a LOT make crack cheaper -----> crack-use increases increase mental health services -----> small/no effect increase education ----> crack-use decreases moderately So what have you gained by legalizing crack? In my opinion, you've shifted the b…
>>make crack legal -----> crack-use increases a LOT Seriously? You really believe that? Would you, personally, be down at the government crack store buying some rock to smoke today if it were legal (I'm assuming that you currently abstain from doing such things)? I know that on my own list of reasons why I'm not a crack user, the #1 reason is that I have enough self-respect to not want to piss my life away on such th…
Toluene is obviously not as pleasant and/or addictive as crack, or else you'd see as many people strung out on Toluene on East Hastings as you do crackheads. Oh - let me guess, we don't see that because of all the anti-toluene education and toluene recovery programs that are available.
Try this thought experiment on for size: do you think that in Saudi Arabia, if alcohol was made legal and available, that alcohol use would increase among the general population? Do you think that if cigarettes were sold cheaply at school cafeterias, that cigarette use would increase? If your answer is "no", then you're either deluded or a troll.