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Originally Posted by PhiGam
As I said before, I feel that if somebody can be a productive member of society and still use drugs then there isn't a problem, at least not one that the government should involve itself in. I have a problem with taxpayers money being used to fund drug use, drugs are a luxury.
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Gotcha.
Drugs aren't a personal luxury as far as I'm concerned but I know they are to some people.
But they are only a personal "luxury" as long as they don't result in addiction, family problems and other social ills, health problems, and criminality, right? The problem is that we can't predict when recreation becomes addiction. Drugs should remain illegal because when they become legal, the government can not regulate its use and abuse -- just like how cigarette and alcohol addictions are causing health problems and social ills (to a much lesser extent, criminality) but the government is acting helpless.