Re: it’s inevitable
Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:
Did not I acknowledged that in my posting? I disagree with you, however, that drugs - or alcohol - are violence and social cost free. Cocaine often produces violent outbursts. Opium derivatives (morphine, heroine) are addictive, and addiction can have quite adverse effect on the addict and his/her family, including violent outbursts (esp. during withdrawal). Even pot, which indeed is quite benign and soporific, in some individuals it can produce paranoid reactions, extreme agitation and irritability, which may trigger violence.
So if drugs cause criminal behavior, the crimes themselves can be punished. Why criminalize the drugs, which normally don’t cause criminal behavior?
Doug