Originally Posted by ismokeblunts

if a kid wants to do heroin, he is goign to go out and find heroin. and with an illegal market, the sellers could give a fuck less who is buying. legalization eliminates that illegal market. it is no longer profitable for dealers to compete with mainstream distributors. now of course they could get an adult to buy them their heroin like kids get people to grab them smokes, but no clean person is gonna go buy some kid their heroin fix. they're going to have to find a junky, which if they can find in the first place is going to get them them some smack legal or otherwise.

legal or otherwise, the people who want to do these drugs are going to do them. why not eliminate the number one cause of crime worldwide, and deal with the effects of the drug in a logical way, instead of pumping billions into nothing. legalization IS a sane option. you cannot win this so called 'drug war'. it will not happen. the best option is to give up fighting it at that level, legalize the drugs, and to deal with the addiction and addiction prevention on a grander scale.