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Guardian angel, I disagree. I don't think that people doing (or selling) drugs are bad. Prosecuting and imprisoning drug users and dealers is a complete waste of time and money. If the state wasn't wasting so much time putting a recreational pot user in jail, they would have more time and energy to spend prosecuting people who *are* a danger to society like rapists and people running guns. As a criminal defense attorney, most of my clients on any given day are in on drug charges. They are not bad or dangerous people.
IMHO, drugs should be legalized -- and when I say drugs, I mean all of them. It should be a matter of personal choice, just like drinking. Additionally, I think that there would be a HUGE reduction in crime if you could go down to Osco to buy some E or crack or whatever you wanted. There would be no money in it for the street dealers, and the government could tax it. We could still have laws like with alcohol making it a crime to drive under the influence.
Of course, in our uptight society, this will never happen.
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