Post by wizard on Dec 22, 2014 14:34:53 GMT
...to the drug-pushers if we legalise all drugs?
Legalisation has often been proposed as a method to cut the gangs off at their knees, so to speak. Legalising drugs would diminish their black-market value as people would likely instead walk into a store and purchase what they need than conduct back alley deals with shady characters. Legalisation would also promise safer drugs that are less likely to be cut with hazardous stuff.
This is all good, but what's going to happen to the gangs after their primary money source is taken away? Are they going to all find honest jobs and integrate into society? Maybe the meth cook finds employment as a chemical engineer with Exxon? Maybe the dealer gets a customer service representative position with Target?
I know that at least one country has completely legalised all drugs but I can't remember reading anything about what happened to the former drug pushers. What would happen to the drug pushers, if anyone has any data? If no data, what do you think would happen?
Legalisation has often been proposed as a method to cut the gangs off at their knees, so to speak. Legalising drugs would diminish their black-market value as people would likely instead walk into a store and purchase what they need than conduct back alley deals with shady characters. Legalisation would also promise safer drugs that are less likely to be cut with hazardous stuff.
This is all good, but what's going to happen to the gangs after their primary money source is taken away? Are they going to all find honest jobs and integrate into society? Maybe the meth cook finds employment as a chemical engineer with Exxon? Maybe the dealer gets a customer service representative position with Target?
I know that at least one country has completely legalised all drugs but I can't remember reading anything about what happened to the former drug pushers. What would happen to the drug pushers, if anyone has any data? If no data, what do you think would happen?
