re: #1178 tyree

Stop consuming the crime first, drive the cartels out of business, and then we will legalize drugs. Simple, impossible. Because to most drug consumers, the crime doesn’t matter.

The current laws (which have cost us untold billions) have not stopped the consumption of the substance. They have not driven the cartels otu of business. The cartels exist for the very reason that these substances are illegal, and therefore the demand cannot be filled by regulated, legitimate businesses (which would obviously pay taxes into the system).

If, as you say, your solution is impossible, then it makes NO SENSE to continue arguing so stridently in favor of it.