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Originally posted by tecoyah
It would seem to me, This country could solve several problems by legalizing certain drugs, and prostitution. Wouldn't it make more sense to quit spending billions of dollars in a futile attempt to stop them.
We could instead legalize and control them both, while placing a heavy tax on each. This could ensure quality and health of product as well as remove some of the primary motivators for violent crime. Between the costs saved on the "war on drugs" and the increased tax income, we would likely kill the deficit in a few years as well.
Added benefits would include a much lower prison population, less need for state funds to support an already overburdened court system, regulatory control over health and wellfare aspects, and reliable statistics on just how prevelant these issues actually are, just to name a few.
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Welcome to the Libertarian Party, tecoyah. We're damned glad to have ya.
This is one of the planks of the Libertarian Platform. Unfortunately, however, it is often the only one that people focus on. This is propogated by threatened Republicans, and Democrats, in an attempt to discredit Libertarians, by painting us as the party of, by and for...drug users. Yeah...right. Your own post echos my sentiments, as well as most Libertarians that I know, extremely well. I'll get off my soap box now.