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if weed is legalized gangs will just start selling more of an even more dangerous drug.
that is why you legalize them all.
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if its all legalized won't that lead to even more people doing drugs?
not necessarily. MDMA (ecstasy) was once legal and it was being used at rave parties already and in 1985 they made it illegal. there wasn't a single MDMA related death before 1985, but afterwards, because of the new taboo of the drug, that number increased dramatically. now there are well over 100 MDMA related deaths every year and that number is steadily climbing with each passing year. sure, the number using drugs MIGHT increase a VERY slight bit, but drug related injury, health issues and deaths will decrease drastically.
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we had this drug in nz called Party Pills and they were legal, anyone over 18 could get them at a dairy but the drug was so new no one knew if it was dangerous, it started becoming a problem and so many people were doing it they recently made it illegal, those same people have probably gone to doing meth instead now though. but the guy who helped make party pills and sell them is a complete money hungry asshole, who knew the pill was dangerous but didn't give a fuck. he was asked if the pill is dangerous why do you sell it and he said "that would be a economical question".
how much did these "happy pills" cost? where did the info that they were a "problem" come from?