So, I'm having an arguement with my friend on whether or not drugs in general should be legal. it started off as a converstation regarding marijuana prI say that harmless ones likes Weed, mushrooms or other such drugs are fine to be legal.
He says that all drugs, including heroin and methamphetemines, should be legal for the purpose of eliminating the war on drugs and letting people do what they please. Here's how the conversation went (bold is him, regular is me)
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All drugs should be legal (except purely malicious ones like anthrax and datura bulbs) It's up to people to make their own decisions
It's up to people to make their own decisions
are you joking? so heroin and meth should be legal?
Of course. same concept as gun control. You're not taking it out of the hands of the users and distributors. And if someone wants to do heroin and meth who are you or anyone else to tell them they can't?
no youre not taking it out of their hands, the junkies would see an easier way to obtain it and there would probably be many OD's within days of that happening. and I'm all for free choice libertarianism and such, but this is crossing the line. the only reason people ever do these drugs is because they get hooked. They don't want to do them; they have to, because they are addictive as fuck.
I've also never heard of a well-functioning meth or heroin user, so there's that. Their only method of paying for these drugs, typically, is through welfare. So that's just more taxpayer's money wasted. not to mention the money that would be used to ship these poisons out to the world.
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So basically he's arguing that it would help save the economy to legalize these drugs, which maybe be somewhat true, but at what cost?