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Should drugs, banned ones, be legalised?
The War on Drugs is a massive failure. Drugs still get on our streets, people still consume them and 10,000s die every year because of it. The death toll from them being illegal is high, be it Afghan poppy fields funding terrorism, to cartels in S. America killing anyone who stands in their way, to Mexican drug lords.
Then there are the deaths of from bad drugs manufactured with a substance that will harm takers.
The crime associated with drugs is getting worse, the cost of fighting this is hindering our ability to fight real crime.
The loss of tax revenue makes it absurd. The UK drug trade is worth £8 billion, VAT at 20% alone it makes sense to legalise it. In the US it was valued at $350 billion. By making it legal you put it into the hands of big pharma, who then employ people who pay taxes and the company pays taxes.
A levy can be put on the drugs so the sale of drugs funds rehabilitation.
The reason for legalising is fewer people die in the supply chain.
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