Harvard economist: Legalize drugs to reduce negative effects

[Valo666waystolove]

I'll listen to the Harvard economist, over the guy whose entire job is to keep drugs illegal.

[QCBEC]

The true question is, how do you judge yourself worthy of telling me what i can or not do?

who gave you such right?

[QCBEC]

I wana punch this faggot so hard.

[QCBEC]

MARIJUANA DOESNT KILL, AND A POTHEAD LIKE ME IS NOTHING TO COMPARE TO A FUCKING ALCOHOLIC FUCK YOU.

[QCBEC]

Bob Stutman, you don't know about drug if you don't know personaly about it you cannot talk about it as you knew...You cannot predict what it will cause because it's what you think not the fact you fucking bastard.

[rockkidmetal]

Once again, these Prohibitionist use images to debate their point (the family "ruined" by heroin) rather than facts, historical examples and statistics. Ann Coulter is wrong, it's these conservatives that use images to argue. It's only logical to legalize al drugs or did Prohibtion not teach us that the only crime it reduced was public swearing yet murder, assault and drunk-driving increased dramatically.

[WeAskThePeople]

LEGALIZING drugs means - making it a health issue , not a policing issue.

I would never try hard drugs.. I have seen the devastation they cause,, BUT the massive destruction & negative effects of DRUG LAW is just beyond bizarre.. cruel & stupid. it's Surreal. Cannabis doesn't KILL.it's a PLANT. natural. MAN MADE DRUGS are the real problem. PILLS ALCHOHOL TOBACCO . are the EVILS>

ANY drug is available to ANY ONE at ANY AGE ANYWHERE now.. that's PROHIBITION.. control is in the HANDS OF CRIMINALS.

[stantheman42069]

@WeAskThePeople in other countries where they have legalized or decriminalized drugs there has been a significant reduction i health issues associated with drug use

[Bullsight2020]

Does baldy think that alcohol should still be under prohibition?

[mmaaxx1198]

My alcoholic cousin has not had any effect on my life because I dont let his drunk antics affect my life, period!!! Any family who claims to be harmed by drug addicts ALLOWS the addict to harm them, its a simple fact. My grandfather is alive, he was alive during WW2, he is not Japanese, he was not in Japan when the two a-bombs were dropped, so therefore nuclear bombs didnt affect my grandfather. Its just simple math and common sense!

[iWokeToday]

legalizing drugs does not mean making them legal for kids.

[iWokeToday]

i think a brief look at portugal's results from legalizing all drugs will quickly end this debate. the evidence that legalizing will help tremendously is blatantly obvious as proven by actual results, not just speculation.

search for Did You Know: War On Drugs Edition.

[Megalithomaniac]

"drugs are illegal cos they're bad" "anyone who has an alcoholic in their family knows..."

anyone else see the problem with the logic here? nearly all "overdose" deaths are due to contaminants added by unscrupulous dealers for increased profit, heroin is 100% safe in controlled administration it's used in hospitals all over the world ffs. nobody even pretends the drug war is a public health issue anymore, anyone who knows anything knows it's about other things, don't believe the hype!!

[1thruZ]

I can get any drug I want but I only drink and smoke pot occasionally.

[allisonmarie33]

@1thruZ Congrats?

[atchisrj1]

That DEA fuck-tard just doesn't get the concept of Liberty.

[deshaebeasley]

:40- 1:00 i think the heroin has made the guy on the left eye have a conversation...

[philly1537]

wtf that guy want it legal though it was the other guy

[ledbowman]

Who said anything about giving drugs to kids? Kids can get them easier under PROHIBITION than in a regulated market! THINK!!!!!!!!

[KAOSTTBD]

@ledbowman are yu fukin high if alcohol was illegal then kids wud have to get it from a dealer right, but if it is in stores regulated a kid could easily steal that shit you dont think kids have to steal shit before they can buy drugs of of a dealer anyway THINK!!!!!!!!!

[MrAlexthenoob123]

Has anyone ever watched cops, all the guys they arrest are mostly jacked up on something or hammered drunk. Here's some facts for you 78% of drug addicts die before they are 60. Umm why could this be????

[community4132]

Alright first h cost 30 were i live. Second im a teenager and it is easier to get pills, H, cocanie, and weed then it is to get beer. If America wants to stop drug use they should sell it like alcohal. Yes kids will still get it but these would make it alot harder and if someone buys it for kids it would be same as if they bought alcohal for kids. Think You for reading

[stantheman42069]

That is a lie there is no way that girl got a bag of heroine for under the price of a 6 pack. I just did a study on drug prices in America the average coast of h in the usa in 60 dollars a gram.

[clustro]

maybe it was the greatest beer ever brewed? :D

[KAOSTTBD]

@stantheman42069 have you ever herd of a nickle bag (5$)

[stantheman42069]

@KAOSTTBD a nickel of heroin would be maybe a 10th on a gram

[Whiterhin018]

@stantheman42069 that amount of heroin costs 20 dollars on average, enough for one shot and its ussually only 5-30mg of actual heroin which is the problem...never knowing the actual dosage your getting causes overdoses.

[Palfium66]

Prohibition just makes a problem into a crisis. No addict needs locking up to discover they are an addict, and I cannot see for one second how it benefits the children & families of addicts to put them in prison.

The drug war is America's disgrace. As long as the US has the biggest prison population in the world, it has no right to be called "the land of the free".

Prohibition drains resources in an unwinnable fight, creates corruption & violence. We should legalise all drugs for adults ASAP.

[stinkyroseboy]

make it legal to smoke it, sell it over the counter, tax the hell out of it. but keep it illegal to grow it at home, or in grow ops. this will create buisiness. and help the nation at the same time (marijuana)

[woodrowpimp]

Kids will use drugs less if they were legalized with age limits. The guy on the right is wrong....

[Palfium66]

Kids ALREADY use drugs in the most dangerous and unregulated manner.

Legalisation DOES NOT mean selling heroin and crack openly in stores. It means providing heroin to addicts in clinics, as they do in Switzerland, Holland, Germany, Denmark & the UK.

Holland has legal weed & a far lower rate of cannabis use than France, where drug laws are strict. Prohibition makes drugs forbidden fruit & they become attractive to kids.

Legalisation helps solves our violent crime problem, not the drug problem

[woodrowpimp]

Thats what i said man. I said they will use them less if it were legal. Legalizing is meant to let anyone do them also. Not just addicts. Im no druggy but i believe in people having the right to put anything into thier body as long as they are responsible like alcohol use. If i wanted some E i should be able to buy a nights worth and have some fun. Legalizing solves more probs than crime. Liberal rights Crime Cartels Drug use Kids with drugs Guns Prison space Tax $s ect

[snowman420korff]

uhh we sped trillions on the war on drugs each year but we don't make a dent in it uhh hu hu hu. i swear the stupid rednecks that run this country really piss me off.legalize everything!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[FeelOfFriction]

"Drugs are bad."

[RossRoss12345]

Give the Americans MORE guns!!

[FightFather]

Agreed to some extent, cause after making your enemy your friend you would still have to use prohibition of some sort to make sure that your new friend isn't gonna be doing more harm than it did before.

[ntn1987]

The best way to kill your enemy is to become his friend. You gonna win nothing with prohibition.