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Originally Posted by ATLian
Let's say alcohol trade was legalized. A jamaa can walk into any convenient store, show ID and walk out with some alcohol. Eventually, this jamaa gets addicted to alcohol. Alcohol begins to take a toll on his body and then his productivity at jobo reduces. He eventually gets fired. Now with no source of income, he relies on his buddies to satisfy his dangerous addiction. Eventually his buddies will kataa. (Now if his buddies are also alcohol addicts, that even compounds the problem). What happens next? The probable option is to resort to criminal activity. He'll either try to break into the convenient stores to steal alcohol ama steal money to buy alcohol. He eventually ends up in jail.
I've replaced drugs and heroine in your above post with alcohol.
In the prohibition era, the argument you used above is the same that was used by those against legalizing alcohol.
Fast forward to today, and see how things are. of course there are some people who are messed up coz of alcohol, but they are a tiny minority. It's a fact that most people do what they are meant to do - go to work, school, etc - despite alcohol being legal and available all over.
See where your argument fails.
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Your argument depends on whether alcohol addiction and heroine addiction have the same consequences on your body. With regards to alcohol, moderation is possible, but is moderation possible with heroine?
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Originally Posted by ATLian
One last question since you're very against legalizing of drugs. Assume kesho when chilling in your backyard, you realize that licking the bark of the tree in your yard can make you as high as a kite. Are you then suggesting that you would be OK with the government immediately making licking of those trees illegal?
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Again, Atlian, it isn't an automatic process, its about weighing out pros and cons in certain situations, otherwise morphine wouldn't be used in hospitals.