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Should cocaine be legalized?

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Elessar · 26-30, M

The heck, no. I can understand weed at most, at least from what I read/know about it, since I can't stand even the smell, let alone the concept of voluntarily breathing smoke.. but coke no way, if you ever dealt with abusers of that stuff you'll know what I mean.

MethDozer · M

@Elessar Legalize it and let it be their problem, making a vice illegal only serves to make it all our problem.

Elessar · 26-30, M

@MethDozer If it didn't turn people into violent psychotics, I wouldn't be against legalization; encouraging the use by making it legal will potentially affect also *our* health, indirectly.

MethDozer · M

@Elessar Illegalization has increased associated violence exponentially and costs the public much, much more in terms of health problems, violence, and financial costs. All that and it hasn't done anything worth noting to decrease use or availability. It doesn't work to mitigate any of the problems and only increases them for all those around. It's a proven failed plan.

Look at alcohol. The same things can be said for alcohol and the problems still exist, yet Prohibition and its repeal proves that the problems are bigger when a vice is made illegal and decreased when legalized and actually regulated.

Making aomethi g illegal is just giving up and throwing hands in The air saying we aren't actually going to do anything about it.

Elessar · 26-30, M

@MethDozer I can't deny you have a point, yet I fear legalization of this particular substance, in this precise point in history in particular, is going to make the present situation even worse.