Re:I made my son cannabis cookies. They changed his life
by bigmanwalter on Sunday January 08, 2017 @01:46PM
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So rather then funding jails and law enforcement, there should be more money going toward rehabilitation programs.
Making drugs illegal ultimately prevents people from getting the help they need.
No.
Meth, cocaine and opioids represent the vast majority of illegal use outside of weed (which I think is a different category, and it is treated differently in most places) - and they represent a huge risk to society at large.
Prescription opioid use is becoming a massive problem (and now the #1 source of addiction etc.) in the US - it's systematic - not just a problem for 'some people'.
This not about 'specific examples' - it's widespread and systematic.