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Tue, Mar. 24th, 2009, 11:44 am
Illegal=Violent

Here's a commentary on drug legalization from CNN.com

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/24/miron.legalization.drugs/index.html?eref=rss_topstories

I tend to agree, even though legalizing drugs isn't actually in my own pecuniary interest.  While I think his take may be a little too much through rose colored lenses, at the heart of it, I think he suggests the proper response to this situation.  The law isn't going to make drug use go away - and if it's not illegal, many of the illegal acts that currently stem from drug use will wither away as well.



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Tue, Mar. 24th, 2009 06:04 pm (UTC)
[info]omglawdork

You know I'm with you on this one. It's interesting - my opinion on this has done a total 360 since I started law school.
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Tue, Mar. 24th, 2009 06:05 pm (UTC)
[info]omglawdork

HA MATH IS HARD.

Total 180. Durrrrrr.
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Wed, Mar. 25th, 2009 09:53 pm (UTC)
[info]captain_squid

Totally in agreement on the principles, but I had to comment on this:

This is why bribery, threats and kidnapping are common for prohibited industries but rare otherwise. Mexico's recent history illustrates this dramatically.

I've got a couple of trillion-dollar bailouts that would refute this assertion. How 'bout if we say that regulation breeds corruption, and that prohibition is the ultimate regulation?
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