Illegal=Violent
Here's a commentary on drug legalization from CNN.com
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/24/miron.legalization.drugs/index.html?eref=rss_topstories
I tend to agree, even though legalizing drugs isn't actually in my own pecuniary interest. While I think his take may be a little too much through rose colored lenses, at the heart of it, I think he suggests the proper response to this situation. The law isn't going to make drug use go away - and if it's not illegal, many of the illegal acts that currently stem from drug use will wither away as well.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/24/miron.legalization.drugs/index.html?eref=rss_topstories
I tend to agree, even though legalizing drugs isn't actually in my own pecuniary interest. While I think his take may be a little too much through rose colored lenses, at the heart of it, I think he suggests the proper response to this situation. The law isn't going to make drug use go away - and if it's not illegal, many of the illegal acts that currently stem from drug use will wither away as well.