ihavenothing said:
Ketamine is legal as a horse tranquiliser. There is a giant line of ravers queuing in my vet's office everytime I go there to get my dog checked up.
If that's true then isn't it evidence that legalising a drug increases its use?
Now if people have 'gone off the rails' due to alcohol, this is not a reason to legalise other drugs, but a warning against it. Alcohol and cigarettes are legal largely because their use is too widespread to be controlled (prohibition) so we must accept the social burden they create and attempt to control it as best we can, hence the restrictions surrounding their sale.
If you want to legalise other drugs, you will increase their usage and the effects on society. A society full of stoners will cause a greater welfare burden than the tax revenue gained from their purchasing of legalised drugs. Plus if marijuana were legalised but heavily taxed, people would just grow it themselves at minimal cost to evade paying the taxes.
The truth is, all the arguments you can put forward for legalisation have already been thought of and refuted in the past, hence its continued illegality. Considering this forum is populated by teenagers, this thread will always have more people in favour of legalisation. It's like asking a shooting forum if gun control should be relaxed.