Thomas Sowell - Why Drugs Should Be Legalized

Professor Sowell understood the economic and social dynamics of drug illegality more than 25 years ago. http://www.LibertyPen.com

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News & Politics

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• economics
• substance
• addiction
• drugs
• abuse
• war
• heroin
• crack
• marijuana
• cocaine
• liberty
• individual
• libertarian
• conservative

[SuperGuitarman69]

I struggled with this for a long time.. Jim, the wonderful guy that runs this LibertyPen channel had a discussion with me awhile back and I changed my opinion.. I listen intently to common sense and rationality.. This too is rational.. As a Christian it is my duty to preach righteousness and God's will. But how would that be changed if drugs were legal? It wouldn't.. So I for one agree drugs should be legalized. It would save lives NOT cost them.. Prohibition was a mistake, and so is this.

[Hereticalable]

@RoboSlater Probably no more than he would be for making alcohol and cigarettes legal for children...what a stupid question.

[RESTxINxPIECEZ]

@RPFS2008 hes not, but shes now a heroin addict, your entire thought process changes at that point. all she knows is she wants heroin, if the pimp goes to jail she wont get it, so she wouldnt testify against him.

[RPFS2008]

@RESTxINxPIECEZ

Why is he (the pimp) the only one who can give her the drug (or get her off it)?

[jeffiek]

@RESTxINxPIECEZ You're not interested in an answer. You're interested in rejecting any response so that you can falsely claim the drug war is right.

I write this because of your blatant use of a ridiculous strawman.

In the unlikely event I'm wrong, I apologize. I will know I'm wrong when you respond intelligently, with a true thirst for knowledge, not with kindergarten nonsense.

[Vindigary]

"They can't abide the fact that they are not God/" Fucking Brilliant! You think our politicians aren't high 24/7? Look at Newt Gingrich and tell me that guy doesn't smoke weed. Get real people.

[Skandalos]

Words of purest wisdom.

[RESTxINxPIECEZ]

i can understand the want for legalization of drugs and prostitution, but answer me this: if a woman is drugged on heroin against her will, and then sells her body under the force of a man (pimp), how do you convict him? everyone knows he drugged her and is using her as property, but when she goes to court she will say no, because she knows he will give her the heroin she wants. how would issues like this be solved??

[willyrandolf]

@MrSchultzstaffel you are such a miserable little faggot. i cant even begin to tell you how happy i am that youre guna die sad and alone. you really deserve it

[BaptizedinFire]

@SuperGuitarman69 That's awesome, I love it when christians quit their statism to preach their moralism in a peaceful way. There's nothing wrong with that. Prohibiting something (that doesn't harm others) by force just because one disapproves of it, can only be considered immoral. Also, does prohibition really make society more moral when people are still demanding the drugs? All you get is a black market, the people are still the same as before.