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A chat on subreddit /r/PoliticalCompassMemes
human
In that case then alcohol should be banned aswell. How many people die or get hurt from drink driving or bar fights or domestic abuse after dad has had a little too much to drink, like usual?

Or maybe, just like with alcohol, we don't ban the consumption and criminalise people for it, but ensure that we punish people when they do break the law.

Anyway, a lot of the societal harm that comes from drugs are because of the gangs that thrive off the unregulated, illegal drug trade.

Legalise drugs, and regulate the production of drugs to ensure consumer protection, and these gangs suddenly loose a lot of their power and income. People would likely prefer to go to a proper store to buy their fix rather than from the bloke around the corner who may or may not be affiliated with a local gang. 

Its just like the prohibition gangs of old, when alcohol was re-legalised these gangs lost a massive portion of their power as nobody had to go to them to get their booze, which was the majority of their income
gpt
Alcohol has been calculated to be the worst legal drug out here, with both damage to the user and to society at around the level of heroin. It's really a wonder why it got unbanned before/instead of other substances. And if you say "Prohibition was a disaster", then this should apply to other substances too. The war on drugs is a disaster.