There’s a lot of cons. I personally am 100% for legalization of ALL drugs for adults and I mean full legalization without any restrains with only requirement that new products that come on market are somewhat safe (read: not para-chloroamphetamine neurotoxic and such extreme examples as for all other – big green GO sign). But it has to do with all we need to do to get this mess of a society into somewhat good shape, it has nothing to do with true, old-skull plur HR. More like opposite, population control in all shapes, colors and tastes. Going from there I strongly agree with
@neversickanymore that we need some kind of control of minimum requirements for people to have a child, that’s not eugenics, that’s not sick, that’s HR and way toward better world and in case of full-on, full-scale legalization, well meth like drug with contraceptive effects would come in handy.
You guys ever been in NL beside purely tourist visit? Ever talked to average, mature genuine Hollander? You would be surprised how many are not happy with drugs in their country and how fast was coffee shop market downsized (removed from vicinity of schools, harder to open new ones, removed from vicinity of boarders, constant considerations to ban tourists from use and so on). Even more look at RCs like that, even those who don’t want to downsize that too are mostly in it for cash, not talking about few exceptions or young folks having their share with drugs and moving away from same often sooner than average young person elsewhere. Ffs they banned N₂O! Stuff that’s legal in most of the world. Is it evolving, just evolving backwards or might it be cuz they tasted the bad side of such, no-where near real legalization? Some will simply blame it on the darker shade people into crime, that’s not the sole problem, not nearly. And when it comes to legal prostitution, not nearly so much opposition is present and there’s mostly only focus to make it harder for someone forced appears on the market, so it isn’t simply a Christians political parties thing either.
Ever been to Alexandria or know how it’s there now? From hippy community with a free drug market it wasn’t long before it became a hub for mafia to sell their product. Maybe saw a documentary about what happens in Spain with “smoke clubs” being taken over by gangs. So don’t have wet dreams about many decant people entering heroin, cocaine and meth market for the sake of HR and not for the sake of profit that could be increased by 100000000 new way when such drugs became legal. Sure there are good people on hard drugs market too but they are far in-between compared to those who have no problems profiting from suffering. At certain levels such trade is almost always mixed with other crimes and that too wouldn’t magically change. Don’t be naive and think that most government sponsored dealers of hard drugs will be so some loving people doing it for your safety and to improve your and communities life, that’s another wishful thinking.
If there was real consideration of well-being of average user or average addict a totally different approach would be needed and with people in high places, don’t expect to see that anywhere in the world, any-time soon. What I consider as such approach is totally another topic and in that case mostly my wet-dream as I’m not a king of any kingdom.
All in all, bring it on and best of luck to good people in surviving the storm and protecting the young and vulnerable. O yeah, just one more thing, for some of you who keep claiming no more people would start using H and coke or restating old addiction cuz if it could be bought in the shop and than elsewhere blame big-pharma for over-prescribing opiods on benzos, you a joke.