nevitable. However, I would much rather they were taking a drug produced correctly from an industry than one that was made in Joe Blow's garage with only one intent on permanently hooking his clients.In our current situation, our federal government has a deficit of many trillions of dollars and growing every day. They are currently cutting programs like NASA, welfare, the military, education, student financial aid, and many others to afford the war on drugs. Every state is doing the same thing. States are spending money on many things every year that can be related to the war on drugs. Prisons is one of the biggest examples. California is building new prisons every year so that we can hold the increased number of criminals the war on drugs in handing us. Each one of these prisoners costs thousands of taxpayer dollars. Another benefit from re-legalizing drugs would be the increased revenue due to taxation. Just like alcohol, drugs would be taxed. Drugs like marijuana, which have little or no harmful qualities, would have a smaller tax than drugs like heroin and cocaine. This would persuade users to try and move their way down to lighter drugs. If we legalized drugs and then taxed them appropriately the money could be used to provide drug rehab and education. The additional funds from the decreased spending in law enforcement, prison building, and legal services could be used for programs like deficit reduction, health care, military, NASA, or education.Illegal drug use and distribution is one of the leading causes of crime in our nation. One of the primary goals of the drug war has been to reduce the supply of a drug so that according to the laws of supply and demand, the price will rise so that the users could not afford them. This is a policy that is just asking for crime. An addict is just that, an addict. They must have their drugs and they will do anything and every thing they can to get them. As we raise the price of the...
