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Originally Posted by Ken07AOVette
I have read and reread your reply a dozen times.
Does one have to be high to understand this logic?
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How does it not make sense? Let's look at whats causing the rural crime epidemic. It's well known that the current rural crime epidemic is caused by individuals with opiate addictions. What happens is these people cant afford their opiate hit, so they take the cheaper meth. When they take meth it makes them feel invincible. They then go out and steal from rural residents while hopped up on meth, to get the money for their opiates. They then take whatever they stole to the drug dealers who are in organized crime. The dealer gives them the drugs and takes the vehicles, gas, guns, etc... for pennies on the dollar.
So with the above example how would legalizing all drugs help?
Firstly) The officers currently being used to combat drug trafficking could be used in other areas like rural crime reduction.
Secondly) We are now making opiates more affordable for the junkie. They now can buy it for the same price as Meth. Giving them less incentive to turn to criminal activities.
Thirdly) They no longer have to deal with criminals to get their drugs. They now go into a local pharmacy and pick them up. This in turn reduces the likely hood that a junkie will turn to crime to fund his addiction.
It should be no surprise to anyone who's studied prohibition that crime levels will drop with legalization.