(December 23, 2008 at 8:18 am)CoxRox Wrote: This is where it gets tricky. Cigarettes, alcohol, mental illness that may have been caused by marijuana or other drugs, does effect other people, hence why government imposes laws. I don't know how society can sort these problems out. They tried to outlaw alcohol in America and look what happened then. Outlawing something does tend to lead to more crime, but then two wrongs don't make a right. It's a hard one.
Well in my opinion, crime rates would plummet if everything was legalised and not just because we'd be making a few less thing illegal. For example, burglary, muggings etc would decrease, since addicts wouldn't need to turn to these to fund their addiction as prices would decrease greatly.
I think you misunderstood me when I said "affect the health of others".
I meant directly not indirectly.
Galileo was a man of science oppressed by the irrational and superstitious. Today, he is used by the irrational and superstitious who claim they are being oppressed by science - Mark Crislip
