Reply To: Do we Need Some New Laws?

In a nutshell you are arguing that narcotics — i.e. crack and cocaine — would result in no negative consequence to society if legalized and made freely available to all?

I’m sure haifagirl will present some thoughtful comments on the matter.

She’s probably sleeping right now.

Thank you 80 for the compliment. Actually, I wasn’t sleeping, I was at a shiur.

Now, to the other comment. Nobody ever claimed there would be no negative consequences. However, as we learned from Prohibition and its subsequent repeal, the negative consequences of making substances illegal is far worse than the negative consequences of making them legal.

There would be no more (or not many more) negative consequences to society than there are currently from alcohol, tobacco, and all kinds of other legal substances.

And I think Wolf did a fine job of explaining the economic benefits, so I don’t have to.