Teenagers and younger don't have the purchasing power of the adult US population which is financing the international drug business.
It would still be a problem amongst kids as is alcohol abuse. But the scale of the problem would be completely different the funding of the drug cartels would dry up and you resources could be focussed more on where they are needed.


>I think my opinion has more to do with what I've seen as the result of drug abuse. It has affected everyone, it seems, and not in a good way. I think there is a lot of evidence that almost everyone who has a serious addiction problem to things like meth, crack, etc started out as a doobie brother/sister. Legalizing drugs wouldn't legalize drugs. . . for the population group that is most likely to want them . . .teenagers and younger. They would still be illegal, and abused.
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>>Let face it John police voting for legalising drugs would be like Turkeys voting for Christmas (or in your case thanksgiving).
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>>Criminalising drugs has given the police more chances to look busy than any other legislation. And I believe in some areas of the USA its a handy source of revenue through proceeds of crime seizures as well.
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>>Drug use is a health issue,it hold be suitably taxed and treated as such like alcohol and tobacco.
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>>>I think they should legalize it in every country, except the US. All those other countries would then be overrun with idiots.
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>>>>Well - the word "Duhhh" comes to mind...haha
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>>>>http://apnews.excite.com/article/20110602/D9NJE27G3.html
>>>>http://www.twincities.com/news/ci_18187384?source=rss&nclick_check=1
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>>>>The 19-member commission includes former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and former U.S. official George Schultz, who held Cabinet posts under Presidents Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon, former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker; former presidents of Mexico, Brazil and Colombia; writers Carlos Fuentes and Mario Vargas Llosa; British business mogul Richard Branson; and the Greek prime minister.
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>>>>What I'd like to know is why the former presidents of Mexico, Brazil, & Colombia didn't bring this up before.
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>>>>Supposedly the report is 24 pages - I'd love to read it but so far haven't found it.