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oppose 0% · unenforceablemoderated to 100%; argued down by 100%
by wikipedia on 2005-05-01 23:03:25Drug use is a victimless crime and hence, is unenforceable: without a victim to report the occurrence of a crime, law enforcement personnel can not know of every individual instance of the performance of a crime; they are not able to convict the perpetrators of the crimes that they do not know occurred. Therefore, drug use should be legal so that the deleterious effects can be minimized (see harm reduction). reference -
oppose 0% · Re: unenforceablemoderated to 100%; argued down by 100%
by wikipedia on 2005-05-01 23:07:07The fact that the laws can not be fully enforced does not negate the usefulness of such laws. Laws against murder, rape and other crimes will probably never reach a 100% conviction rate either. The War on Drugs has substantially reduced drug use (reference) and legalizing drugs would increase drug use.
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· Re: unenforceable
by wikipedia on 2005-05-01 23:07:40
Legalizing murder, rape or other crimes would not enable society to minimize the deleterious effects in other ways. This is not true with drug use (see harm reduction).
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by wikipedia on 2005-05-01 23:09:57
Studies show that it is not true that the War on Drugs has substantially reduced drug use or availability. reference
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