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Bestelesnia wrote:

There are some good things about legalizing drugs, like reducing the power of the dealer. Since the risk of selling drugs is high, the price of cocaine is very big, and so the big dealers tend to make enormous amounts of money. By decriminalizing consumption and/or trade, the risk of selling goes down, so does the prize, reducing the income of drug dealers.

Another good thing is that it creates a market for treatment. Nowadays, addicted people have little to no posibilities of exiting that world, as there are very few treatments and they are afraid of telling someone of their problem bc they could get denounced. And so, they only group up with other addicts, fomenting consumption. By legalizing it, although more people would start using drugs, it will be easier for them to try and find some cure for their addiction, creating a market for more treatments and such, boosting the economy and technology.

Not to mention they will recieve higher quality drugs from stores with proper licenses and standards. I think that this is the largest benefit to legalising recreational drugs.

No one just randomly goes and says "I will become a drug addict today". Most people do drugs out of misery. And get addicted while getting a short high, thus creating even more misery. This basically puts them in a loop they can never get out of without serious help.

Addiction isn't caused by the drug itself, It's the chemicals dealers put in it. People don't go into the hospital with a broken femur and walk out with a morphine addiction, do they?

Legalising drugs would reduce crime, because there would be less junkies willing to do anything for a hit. It would create a new source of revenue for the government through taxation. And as I said, people can recieve high-quality drugs without any impurities. I'm not saying it wouldn't create any new, perhaps worse problems. It very well can, but; in my opinion, it would be a good thing overall.