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Originally Posted by mineistaken
My perspective is that junkies COST to society. Meaning EVERYONE pays for their treatment, for their inability to work and so on and on. Not to mention some addicts actually steal or hurt in order to get the dose.
That are the reasons to prohibit it.
Same logic - some people say that safety belts should not be enforced as it is HIS/HER own life. Do you agree with that?
I do not because losing those lives actually COST to society (one less person to contribute etc etc). That is why they are enforced, even though it is his/her own life...
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1. Seatbelt laws are enforced not because of the value of that person's life to society as a whole, but because if they are killed/crippled/seriously injured during a car accident insurance companies have to pay more in settlements. There are fewer of these deaths/injuries if people wear seat belts so insurance companies lobbied to get seatbelt laws passed in order to save them money.
2. Most of the people who are smoking pot legally now were smoking it illegally before. Sure, there are medical patients and others who are recent converts to it once it became legal (especially with recreational), but most of these people were smokers before. The difference is now the money is going to local businesses and taxes are going to the state and the money is being used for good things instead of going to drug cartels.
3. Addiction sucks, but it exists and we have to deal with it. The problem is that the current legal system doesn't do that. If you are a drug addict and you get caught by the police and end up in jail, you likely will get no drug treatment therapy while you are in there. As soon as you are out you will likely go back to using. Instead of throwing addicts in jail and hoping they will magically get better, we should be putting them in rehabs and treatment centers where they can get professional help and have a better shot of turning their lives around.