[Texaggie79]

Just because hard drugs would be cheap does not mean that users could afford them. Addicted, hard drug users cannot keep jobs. They will still need to get their drug, somehow.

However, that is not the main risk I fear from rampant drug use. I fear a community full of addicts.

It's much easier to turn down that fix when you must venture to some back alley, afraid for you life, spend more money, and risk getting a fake product, as opposed to walking into CVS pharmacy and grabbing one of the shelf.

[Cyber Liberty]

"It's much easier to turn down that fix when you must venture to some back alley, afraid for you life, spend more money, and risk getting a fake product, as opposed to walking into CVS pharmacy and grabbing one of the shelf."

It's obvious that you, or anybody you know and love, never needed a fix.

[tacticalogic]

I fear a community full of addicts.

And how much of that fear is derived from the fear of crime and violence that follows the drugs?

[muggs]

It might be easier for some of these addicted people to hold a job if they didn't have to spend so much time hooking up with their dealer. Many people addicted to alcohol and other legal drugs manage to hold jobs. My boss has a multi-million dollar business and he is addicted to alcohol.

[orfisher]

>>It's much easier to turn down that fix when you must venture to some back alley, afraid for you life, spend more money, and risk getting a fake product, as opposed to walking into CVS pharmacy and grabbing one of the shelf.>......A true addict will never turn down a fix. That's why it's important to make it easier. By changing the environement where they can "get their medicine", there is a greater opportunity to change the person and perhaps help them be more productive. Remember, for every drunk you see curled up in a pool of vomit on the street, there is another functionl alcoholic pulling down a paycheck every day.