| Criminalization creates other problems: 1. addicts can't get predictable, reliable, pharmaceutical quality drugs. Street drugs aren't predictable, and cause overdoses because of that 2. addicts become criminals because of high street prices, leading to all sorts of associated crime 3. illegal drugs lead to massive profits for criminal organizations 4. people suffering from terrible diseases die in agony because painkillers that would work on their pain are illegal 5. people who suffer from chronic pain, which is not diagnosible, are forced to turn to street drugs 6. legalizing heroin is not going to tempt me to use it. Is it being illegal stopping you from using it? 7. being an addict is punishment enough. Why does anyone think punishing them further will improve matters? 8. consenting adults have a fundamental right to their own bodies. As the pandemic showed, our government is not very good at determining what drugs are best for people. It's more politics than science. |