I'm going to play the devil's advocate here (waited for a long time to use this formulation):
> War on drugs has failed.
Yes - but - most politicians will go the extra mile to deny they failed.
> Consensual crimes that don’t harm others shouldn’t be crimes.
Yes - but - how about Armin Meiwes eating Bernd Brandes :o (this time it's the cannibal card I play - the CP card is still ready up my sleeve)
> Drug prohibition doesn’t seem to decrease use
That's because it wasn't enforced tough enough and has been back stabbed by the left!
> Drug war enforcement costs a ton, we could save tax money.
Well ... guess where the money goes - to my client and from there to me :)
> 1.2 million people arrested for drug possession in 2015
So? I just invested in CoreCivic!
> Prisons are crowded. Would reduce this a little.
Yes and we also need swimming pools there and anyway prison should be nicer - of course - evil grin
> Easier for addicts to seek treatment.
I don't know any addicts and they don't vote for me.
> War on drugs has failed.
Yes - but - most politicians will go the extra mile to deny they failed.
> Consensual crimes that don’t harm others shouldn’t be crimes.
Yes - but - how about Armin Meiwes eating Bernd Brandes :o (this time it's the cannibal card I play - the CP card is still ready up my sleeve)
> Drug prohibition doesn’t seem to decrease use
That's because it wasn't enforced tough enough and has been back stabbed by the left!
> Drug war enforcement costs a ton, we could save tax money.
Well ... guess where the money goes - to my client and from there to me :)
> 1.2 million people arrested for drug possession in 2015
So? I just invested in CoreCivic!
> Prisons are crowded. Would reduce this a little.
Yes and we also need swimming pools there and anyway prison should be nicer - of course - evil grin
> Easier for addicts to seek treatment.
I don't know any addicts and they don't vote for me.