Drugs and Legalization

Since early on man has been interested in the consumption of substances
that altered the mind or ones feeling. The consumption of substances can be
broken down into legal and illegal substances. The question is, who are we to
label certain substances illegal and prohibit others from using them by creating
penalties for their use?

If the importation, sale and use of drugs were legal, the open
competition would eliminate the profitability of drug dealing. Without the
economic incentive to commit violent crimes, the violence of drug dealing would
be dramatically reduced. In addition to the elimination of the economic
incentive, the health risk factor would help to reduce the role of the drug
dealer. A potential customer would probably choose to buy a market-tested
product from a pharmacy as opposed to buying a product of unknown dosage and
quality from a corner dealer.

Without the advantage of large profits, the drug dealing......

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