Not to mention more dead kids.
‘Legalization and regulation’ has never stopped very young people from accessing alcohol, tobacco, marijuana. How can anyone think it will stop kids from getting into even more, and more immediately dangerous, drugs? It will just make it easier.
When I was young, more ‘libertarian’, and less wise, I believed in the legalization of many things. Then I saw the American Family fall apart, and many kids go completely wayward without even the minimum of proper guidance from responsible adults. I changed my mind about the legalization of drugs, then.
A lot of the ‘adults’ in our nation will have to seriously grow up, before this idea will be safe for our society, and especially for our children.
Parents are responsible for raising kids properly. Why should the tax payers be forced to pay for improperly raised kids abusing drugs?
I speak as a parent who raised 2 kids. We monitored every activity. The kids thought we were overly protective at the time. But now that they have grown up into adulthood, they both thank us for enforcing rules and disciple. Both are doing great in their careers now.
And marijuana criminalization has failed to keep that drug away from young people; they have been reporting since well before any state had legalized that they could get marijuana almost as easily as cigarettes or beer, although the latter two are much more widespread among adults. The available evidence indicates that the best way of keeping a drug away from young people is to legalize it for adults - which gives its sellers an economic incentive to confine their sales to adults, namely the risk of losing their legal adult market.
We have all seen the destruction of the family and it is heart breaking.This drug shit is killing small towns across this country.I have watched people I know who have been good people turn to complete shit and you have people say it should all be legalized. Phucking MORONS.