What do you think would happen if all drugs became legal?

[Jalinco]

Guarantee at least 5% of the population of the world would be dead within a week, possibly an even greater % and probably so. 

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[bryant.coleman]

if drugs become legal most of the prisons will be empty. but the number of addicted people will increase as it will be available everywhere easily

I don't think so. In countries where drugs are legalized, the percentage of the population which use them went down (although only slightly). A perfect example is Portugal, where a decline in heroin addiction was observed after the legalization. I don't know why this happened. One possible reason would be the absence of drug gangs, who encourage teenagers and youth to take drugs.

[TheButterZone]

Guarantee at least 5% of the population of the world would be dead within a week, possibly an even greater % and probably so. 

Self-harm/suicide/Darwin Award winning without physically harming others is a human right, so...

[Masha Sha]

There are no illegal drugs only undocumented ones... LoL.

[countryfree]

It would be the end of the world.  Crime here crime there crime everywhere.  Those drugs were illegal because of what it can do to its host.  Humans can do outrageous things as they see the world as an imagination.  It would be the end of humans as everyone will just kill just like that.

I shall remind you that drugs were legal once.
It was legal to buy and smoke pot, and even opium was legal. There were places were you could legally smoke opium in many big cities, but governments have chosen to close down all those businesses instead of regulating them.

[bryant.coleman]

Guarantee at least 5% of the population of the world would be dead within a week, possibly an even greater % and probably so. 

Stop churning out BS. Portugal legalized all drugs in July 2001. Fifteen years have passed and there has been a reduction in the deaths attributed to drug overdose. Also, there has been a reduction in HIV incidence among the intravenous drug users. And there was a sharp reduction in drug use among adolescent Portuguese.

[HaXX0R1337]

I read somewhere in the the forum that after the silk road bust, online drugs sales has actually increased. so that got me wondering, what possible outcomes do you see if all drugs became legal? do you think that would make society better? worse? same?

Society would become healthier for sure.
Many people are taking synthetic drugs ( which are more dangerous than the regular ones)  because they are legal.
Anyway that will happen in some time, people just have to open their eyes wide.

[gilangIDR]

I think this is a setback in terms of lives. we know that the drugs are very dangerous for life. mental disorders and also the negative impact of drugs incredible. if this happens then the undoing of some regions in the world.

[bryant.coleman]

I think this is a setback in terms of lives. we know that the drugs are very dangerous for life. mental disorders and also the negative impact of drugs incredible. if this happens then the undoing of some regions in the world.

This is exactly what the drug cartels and the pharma giants want you to believe. Don't write that "we know that the drugs are very dangerous for life". Instead write I believe that the drugs are very dangerous for life. How much do you know about drugs? Do you really believe that Cannabis is more dangerous than tobacco?

[denarian]

I read somewhere in the the forum that after the silk road bust, online drugs sales has actually increased. so that got me wondering, what possible outcomes do you see if all drugs became legal? do you think that would make society better? worse? same?

Lol.  It would make the society better for those who were into drugs.  But people who were against it will be in total chaos.  It would be the end of the world.  Rape here, murder there, crimes everywhere.  Illegal drugs were prohibited because of its side effect.  I heard that if people are into it, he/she did not know the difference of reality and imagination.  They are hallucinated, thus killing your own family is what happened next.

If drugs that were prohibited would became legal it would be the end of humans. 

nope. it wouldn't make the society who are into drugs better. even they use it, drugs is still bad for our body. we can't consume it in high dose.

I just see destruction if drugs become legal. why not? drunk people are everywhere, crime are everywhere, murderer are everywhere, etc. it's just a worst world then.

[Blitzboy]

From some places i think drugs are legal i just heard it before but honestly here in my country it is not legal.. even canabis..
If it will legal in the future expect that many drug lord will be happy and almost all people are addicted..

[BADecker]

In a BIG Win for government taxation...


Court bans DOJ from prosecuting medical marijuana users, growers

Supporters of medical marijuana have gained an important victory with a federal appeals court ruling that prohibits the Department of Justice (DOJ) from prosecuting medical marijuana growers and users if no state laws are being breached.


A unanimous decision by the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals prevents the DOJ from using federal funds to prosecute those who grow, sell or purchase marijuana, despite the fact that marijuana is still illegal under federal law.

The decision has effectively upheld a 2014 congressional budget ruling that protects states from the DOJ if they try to prevent them "from implementing their own state laws that authorize the use, distribution, possession, or cultivation of medical marijuana."

"If the federal government prosecutes such individuals, it has prevented the state from giving practical effect to its law," wrote Circuit Judge Diarmuid O'Scannlain, member of the three-judge panel.

Ruling favors states' rights

The ruling is not only a significant victory in favor of states' rights, but also for 10 defendants prosecuted under federal marijuana laws who were seeking an appeal.

The 10 defendants – all from Western states in the Ninth Circuit's jurisdiction – were either indoor growers or medical marijuana store owners. The defendants will now be subject to lower court rulings determining whether they were in compliance with state laws before their charges can be dropped.

The decision should be viewed as only a temporary victory, however. Judge O'Scannlain warned that the ruling does not provide immunity from federal laws, and may be rescinded at a later date.

"Congress could restore funding tomorrow, a year from now, or four years from now, and the government could then prosecute individuals who committed offenses while the government lacked funding," O'Scannlain wrote.

But at least some legal experts view the court's decision as a major step towards marijuana legalization at the federal level. Steve McIntosh, a lawyer for one of the defendants, said that the ruling may represent "the beginning of the end of the federal war on medical marijuana."

Considering the fact that medical marijuana is already legal in half of the United States, and that four states have now legalized recreational marijuana use (with nine more states set to vote on recreational marijuana in November), it would appear that maybe it is time for the federal government to stop wasting taxpayers' money putting legitimate businessmen and ordinary citizens in jail for offenses that most Americans do not view as a crime.

Read more at http://www.naturalnews.com/055057_medical_marijuana_DOJ_federal_ruling.html.

[bryant.coleman]

Did anyone noticed this? Absolutely atrocious!

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippines-duterte-un-killings-idUSKCN10X0IS

Out of the 1,800 killed during the past few weeks, only a few hundred were drug peddlers. The others were innocent slum dwellers who were wrongly branded as drug peddlers by their rivals. Philippines is slowly exterminating its slum population.

[TheButterZone]

"If the federal government prosecutes such individuals, it has prevented the state from giving practical effect to its law," wrote Circuit Judge Diarmuid O'Scannlain, member of the three-judge panel.

O'Scan rocks, he's written on pro-self-defense cases too. Of course no totalitarian would nominate him for SCOTUS!

Did anyone noticed this? Absolutely atrocious!

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippines-duterte-un-killings-idUSKCN10X0IS

Out of the 1,800 killed during the past few weeks, only a few hundred were drug peddlers. The others were innocent slum dwellers who were wrongly branded as drug peddlers by their rivals. Philippines is slowly exterminating its slum population.

Worse than I thought it would be; I thought it was going to be simple doppelganger mixups.

[groll]

From some places i think drugs are legal i just heard it before but honestly here in my country it is not legal.. even canabis..
If it will legal in the future expect that many drug lord will be happy and almost all people are addicted..

Yes there are countries which the use of prohibited drugs are legal like The Netherlands and even prostitution is legal on what I have heard of before.  Our government was strict over the issue of some groups who wants cannabis to be legalized here in our country.  It is because of the medicinal effect of this plant which can help the epileptics.  Some doctors were after this because of the health benefits but strongly said that it would be only legal on the hospitals alike for the treatment of other diseases. 

Yes, drug lords would be the happiest people here on earth as they do not need to hide and give some favor to government officials.

[Watson5842]

Nowadays drugs are sold by criminals. They are not interested in the quality of the drugs and all they want is to make more money. If the government will sell drugs, they could control and regulate sales. So, I think there would be less crime and anarchy. There would be good controls for how sterile the drugs are. The government could set national prices, including tax and inspections, control the ban on advertising and fair costs.

[BADecker]

Nowadays drugs are sold by criminals. They are not interested in the quality of the drugs and all they want is to make more money. If the government will sell drugs, they could control and regulate sales. So, I think there would be less crime and anarchy. There would be good controls for how sterile the drugs are. The government could set national prices, including tax and inspections, control the ban on advertising and fair costs.

The only reason drugs are sold by criminals is because they are illegal.

If drugs were not regulated by government at all, people would grow their own marijuana at home and we wouldn't have any drug criminals. Oops. I mis-spoke. There would still be the medical drug criminals. But they would be few, because cannabis would cure almost everything.

Drugs that were supremely dangerous could still be regulated. The question is, who determines the definition of supremely dangerous? I mean, some people think marijuana is extremely dangerous. But it is far less dangerous than alcohol which government only regulates so they can get their cut.

[MisO69]

Did anyone noticed this? Absolutely atrocious!

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippines-duterte-un-killings-idUSKCN10X0IS

Out of the 1,800 killed during the past few weeks, only a few hundred were drug peddlers. The others were innocent slum dwellers who were wrongly branded as drug peddlers by their rivals. Philippines is slowly exterminating its slum population.

Adolf Hitler 2.0

Didn't the Nazis start somewhere like this?

[bryant.coleman]

Did anyone noticed this? Absolutely atrocious!

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippines-duterte-un-killings-idUSKCN10X0IS

Out of the 1,800 killed during the past few weeks, only a few hundred were drug peddlers. The others were innocent slum dwellers who were wrongly branded as drug peddlers by their rivals. Philippines is slowly exterminating its slum population.

Adolf Hitler 2.0

Didn't the Nazis start somewhere like this?

I have noticed quite a lot of similarities between Duterte and Shitler... both of them came to power, as a result of scare-mongering tactics. Both of them started to weed out the "unproductive" population (physically handicapped, TB patients, slum dwellers.etc) before attacking their main target (Jews for Shitler, Atheists for Duterte).

[xht]

if drugs become legal most of the prisons will be empty. but the number of addicted people will increase as it will be available everywhere easily

You think of all inmates in the prison entrance for drug charges, the prison will never be empty for many still lack of jobs, the greed of those who are corrupt.