I would like to comment on blog five of Government: Bigger
in Texas. I really enjoy this debate
topic because it is constantly evolving.
I agree that making illegal drugs legal is a change that should happen,
at least for a trial period. What do we
really have to lose from a trial? As
discussed before, people already purchase their goods from illegal sources so
we would not be creating a brand new “product.”
I also believe that keeping drugs illegal could keep or
decrease the crime rate involved with drug cartels, in comparison to making
them legal. Don’t say I’m ridiculous or
crazy yet, hear me out on this point.
Right now we all know that drugs, money, and violence have
all seriously been connected to a lot of media coverage. The war on drugs is not progressing. But what if it could be worse? Imagine, an individual has been living in
Texas their whole life and they have been buying drugs illegally from a
distributor in another country for the past 20 years. This distributor knows everything about this
person and their family. Say that
illegal drugs are now legal and this individual would be able to purchase their
drugs sooner and at a more convenient place.
Do you think that drug lord will let his customer walk away that
easy? Unarmed salesmen at a car
dealership don’t let potential customers walk away easily much less this drug
lord who has no problem killing or resorting to some kind of violence just so
they can make a profit.
So imagine that. Imagine that situation times 10. I see a lot more violence and hurting of
people’s families than what was originally happening.
This is just a thought that I feel no one ever looks at
seriously, and I had to comment.
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