[Svperstar]

>There are drugs that, if you use them, you should be encouraged not to.

Yes but how does throwing someone in jail and giving them a felony record thus destroying their life help?

[ogre_codes]

Exactly.

There are drugs (crack cocaine, bath salts, maybe meth) where I think dealing should have severe penalties, but most of the people who are using these drugs are doing so because they are already struggling with life issues. Putting them in prison is almost certain to cost taxpayers a ton of money and utterly destroy that person's life.

[throwaway_pdp09]

I don't think the poster is of this kind but some people want to label other people as 'bad' and watch them get hurt. Prison for drugs is one way.

[unethical_ban]

I didn't say that.

Rather, that decriminalizing is good for some, but I'm glad we haven't legalized all of them.