[Vigilanteman]

There is a fine line between the government and organized crime. I can't argue much with your reasoning, but it is going to erase whatever is left of that line.

Sometimes I think the best solution to the war on drugs is to give the druggies whatever they want, as much as they want, at nominal cost and let Darwin take care of them.

For harder drugs, I also think the draconian solution they have in Singapore also has more appeal than the present status quo.

[discostu]

The WOD is probably doing more to erase the line than legalization ever would. At this point the government is a full fledged participant in most of the worst parts of the drug trade. They are an armed combatant, they pick sides (confidential informants), they help keep the prices artificially inflated, and periodically they kill innocent bystanders because they can’t read a map. Not to mention how much easier the poppy flow has gotten out of Afghanistan since we invaded. If anything legalized actually REDUCES the level of government involvement because a white market will be ruled by large corporations who already regularly bribe the government to get out of the way.

Singapore is a police state. If we have to become them to get people not to do drugs that’s the cure being worse than the disease.