Posted by Toby Inkster on 01/13/22 11:29

dorayme wrote:

> http://dorayme.150m.com/opinionFolder/drugLaws.html

Have you read Ben Elton's /High Society/. His argument goes along the
lines of...

If *all* drugs were legalised *tomorrow*, and taxed in much
the same way as alcohol and tobacco:

- Would you become a crack addict? Would any of your
friends or immediate family become crack addicts?

- Drug-related crime would drop. This includes the
big drug cartels, but also the heroin addict climbing
out of your window with your VCR under his arm.

- The police would have extra time to go after *real*
criminals: murderers, violent criminals, theives.

- With the extra tax money from the sale of drugs, the
government could put more money into drug rehabilitation
programmes.

- The government could also save money that it would
otherwise spend on costly legal procedures against drug
users; and on accomodation at her Majesty's pleasure.
Perhaps they could use this extra cash to lower taxes.
(Or more likely, spend on weapons of mass destruction.)

The book is well worth a read, as are all Ben Elton novels (with the
obvious exception of /Inconceivable/).

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Toby A Inkster BSc (Hons) ARCS
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