re: RE: legalizing recreational drugs and selling them in shops

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Buying and drinking a sixer doesn't make you an alcoholic...

I don't think selling heroin in c stores is a sound idea.

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That isn't going to happen. It probably won't happen with weed either.

When you buy any weed in Colorado, med or rec, they scan your Id. They know exactly what you've purchased, when you purchased it. This allows them to be certain you've not bought more than legally allowed, kinda like doctor shopping.

I'm for anything that eliminates the war on drugs, and gets our society to treat drug use as a public health issue instead of a criminal one.

By tracking use of addictive substances, you know who the addicts are, and can help get them the treatment they need.

Our current path just fills up prisons. Prisons are dangerous and full of violence. After prison time, ex cons become more violent. This has created a more violent and dangerous society. They also can't find a decent job when they get out, and private prisons don't offer any vocational training to help them gain any job skills. They'll often end up selling drugs or stealing/robbery. So they'll commit more crimes, and being more violent people and not wanting to go back to jail, usually leads to more violence against the victims.