Let's talk about drugs

[paulpablo]

I completely get your point.

No, I don't think you do. More on this to follow.

I'm saying I disagree with your point.

That much is clear, at least.

While their are some drugs that are heavily physically addictive there are others that aren't.

You have a keen grasp of the obvious.

I see no difference in someone robbing an old lady to get money to go to the theme park and robbing an old lady to get marijuana or a wide screen tv. My opinion is similar with other drugs such as mdma, lsd, mushrooms, Mcat, and so on.

The topic is drugs, not theme park admissions.

Using marijuana as a prime example, I don't want my taxes being spent on someone else getting stoned.

People getting stoned on your tax money is incidental. I find myself unsurprised that you don't get this.

I know if you were in charge I wouldn't get a choice but I'm choosing right now to say what I think about your idea.

As I explained already, even with me NOT in charge, you don't get to choose where and how your tax money is spent. If you live in a place where you can submit a checklist along with you tax payments as to where your money goes, you're unique.

And drug users would have a choice, either buy the drugs illegally and go out to night clubs, house parties and wherever else, or take the drugs legally and do whatever it is the government allows them to in this designated area.

Once again, you show that you aren't getting the point - there would be no choice, because there wouldn't be a way to buy drugs illegally.

Also your idea of monopolising the drug trade seems not that much different cost wise to what's happening right now.
The government would still have to compete with the hundreds of gangs battling for control of illegal drug sales.
Resulting in similar amounts of death, shootings, government spending on arrests and so on.

Last try: If drugs are legal and free at point-of-use, there would be no market for illegal drugs. Let's try an analogy, shall we? Your government has monopolized the bread market. The government owns and manages all phases of bread production and distribution. Right next to your local supermarket is a Government Bread House. You can go into the market and get a loaf of bread for $3, or into GBH and get the same loaf for $0 dollars. How long do you think your market is going to have bread on the shelves?

Boru

I just explained why I think there would be a market for illegal drugs and other people have pointed it out.
It's not just the fact that it's illegal it's combined with the designated drug taking area you proposed.

If the drug is recreational people want to go to recreational places to enjoy the drugs, for example night clubs, sporting events. Any social event you can name. People drink alcohol, smoke and drink caffine at funerals, weddings so on and so on.