In Favor of Drug Legalization

Legislation of drugs has long been a major political problem. We believe legalization of drugs will give the government more control and eventually less street crime. Another problem with this problem is that the government will benefit from medicine and be able to control the price and age at which medicines can be purchased. In the problem of reducing crime, street drug traffickers who manage narcotics in the government will be reduced as they are not needed.

Fully disclosed: I orally opposed legalization of marijuana in California in 2012. Today, I strongly support legalization of drugs. The change in this view is mainly due to the recognition that research and bans on economics still do not go well. Dr. Mark Thornton of the Mises Institute, an economist specializing in narcotic policy, has some very compelling materials on this subject. His research on Portuguese non-criminalization is a good starting point. So why am I still voting for this proposition? The Liberal Party of California says, "The LDP has strongly endorsed the abolition of marijuana's ban for over 40 years, but strongly supports the impairment of medical availability, enacting additional criminal offenses and regulations There is. That is the CLP bill for legalizing marijuana, and it must have something very bad.

When the abstinence order ended in 1933, the alcohol gradually rose and almost completely disappeared. Those who support the legalization of drugs think that the same applies to the drug market and believe that by legalizing drugs it eliminates all negative features of illegal markets, including violence and corruption. The first experience with legalization of marijuana suggests that this is a dangerous and wishful thinking. As alcohol like 80 years ago, why can not legalization be applied to marijuana? One obvious reason is that there is little similarity between the alcohol manufacturing industry that exists during the ban and the modern drug trafficking group. Today's illegal drug production and distribution systems are deep-rooted, highly complex, worldwide strong. Traffickers are witty and can adapt quickly to changes in the market, including competition with illegal drugs.