What are your thoughts on legalizing heroine?

[me]

A lot of people say the drug war is a failed policy and legalization would help to reduce the costly externalities of the heroine market, such as gang violence and drug potency. Would legalization reduce the external social cost of the heroine market or increase the cost by increasing addictions and legitimizing a parents use of drug.

[xearf_09]

I think you're on heroin as we speak.

[Whips&Chains]

I can almost guarantee they will NEVER legalize heroine in your life...don't even think they will...weed...maybe. Its hard to say.

[Ever Greatest]

I suggest you leave America within a year because after that......well lets just say there will be a big BOOM

[Couman]

Heroines are already legal, and some of them probably even support legalizing heroin.

[M87]

Oh yeah. Then after that, crack and meth. Because, hey, you can use the same arguments for those 2 drugs.

[XxStreetNinjaxX]

Typically when they say legalize drugs, they mean just marijuana. Which technically speaking, is a plant, not necessarily a "drug" in the sense that it grows and is then cultivated a certain way to be used for smoking, as opposed to drugs that made from chemicals or synthesized. Not to say that some marijuana could be laced with drugs, because that can be the case. However the difference between legalizing marijuana, and drugs like heroin, is like the difference between drinking soda and bleach.

Vote no on heroin lol.

[rayven]

Heroine is already legalized! A woman being brave is not against the law. (Heroine is the feminine form of the word "hero". You're asking about the drug heroin.)

Legalization of heroin would likely result in a sharp increase in first-time users, which would cause a spike in crime. After that spike is gone, the crime rate would likely decrease as people get used to the sudden availability. People would start policing themselves instead of waiting on the government.

Some people would become addicted, but others would have an outlet to fight the addiction that they never had before. Currently, an addict who wants to quit would have to go to a rehab facility, and they usually get sent there by a judge because they were arrested for possession. When forced, people generally don't kick the habit. If it were legal, addicts have the real option of then going to a hospital or rehab place and cutting down on the drug each time, lowering the chances of both severe medical withdrawal issues and recurrence of use.

Plus, if it were legalized, there may be advances in ways never thought of before. There may be medical situations where heroin could be the best possible drug for the situation. Currently, since it is illegal, no studies can even be done in that regard. Such studies may result in new drugs that end up helping millions of people.

[Nevada]

I'm mixed.

I've seen first hand what hard drugs do to people. My dad was a drug addict.
However, violance would decrease.
Do you want a lot of people killing others or a lot of people killing themselfs?

[Chris]

Legalizing heroin might be a good idea. Then addicts could get the help they need to quit without fear of prosecution. If heroin's legal, then it would have a consistent quantity/quality so there would be less accidental overdoses. Heroin would be cheaper and we could tax it. Since terrorists make most of their money off of heroin, legalizing it would eliminate most of their funding. It would also be sold in special stores so children can't get it. And finally, more people wouldn't be encouraged to try heroin if it were legalized since many people don't want to ruin their lives with an addiction.