Texas couple killed
There have been a couple of threads on this story from South Padre Island, but I ran across a story this morning that may give some folks pause. It seems that as the Cartels have increased their agr...
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JRscooby wrote:There would be even more deaths and crime if all drugs were legalized. Just look at the opioid crisis today. That is a quasi legal drug situation. If opioids were available over the counter even more people would be addicted and consequently more would OD and die. To this day I believe the fact that drugs like cocaine were always illegal were a factor in keeping people like me from being a user. When something is illegal, that is enough of a deterrent to keep a whole lot of people from doing things that are stupid and harmful.ShinerBock wrote:
And people who do drugs often say that they aren't hurting anyone else, but there is a whole host of people hurt and killed just to get those drugs in their hands.
But if the folks that want to do drugs could walk into the store and buy what they wanted? Where would the Cartel power come from? I understand history is evil, but look at the growth of organized crime in the time alcohol was illegal? Then look at the rights we have given up because of the war on drugs.
