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Is it time to legalize pot and reduce the death rate of tobacco and alcohol?

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Is it time to legalize pot and reduce the death rate of tobacco and alcohol?
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RE: Is it time to legalize pot and reduce the death rate of tobacco and alcohol?
March 19, 2012 at 9:16 pm (This post was last modified: March 19, 2012 at 9:18 pm by Oldandeasilyconfused.)
Quote:Who would decide on what drug if any is to be used.

As now; the user.

Quote:That would be decided between a person and their doctor. All drugs would be sold by prescription.

NO. Currently illegal recreational drugs would be made and sold under licence, just like alcohol and tobacco.

The role of government is not to protect individuals from their own self destructive behavior regardless, but to act in the common good. This approach is called harm minimalisation ,and is based on utilitarianism.


I exclude alcohol because I'm unaware of any credible evidence on what effect the legalisation of drugs would have on the consumption of alcohol,if any.

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Peripheral: Soley because of its drug laws, the US has the highest per capita prison population IN THE WORLD.


Quote:The United States has the highest documented incarceration rate in the world (743 per 100,000 population),

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarcerati...ted_States
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Is it time to legalize pot and reduce the death rate of tobacco and alcohol?

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RE: Is it time to legalize pot and reduce the death rate of tobacco and alcohol? - by padraic - March 19, 2012 at 9:16 pm

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