Quote:That's because there are no rules to follow, other than the one prohibiting the manufacture of said substance in the first place.
The problem with legalizing drug production is twofold. First of all, most of these concoctions have no demonstrable benefit other than getting the subject "high" and quite a few have potentially deadly side effects. You're basically not getting anything out of legalization except making it easier to create even more addicts. Secondly, people do things while high on drugs that they likely would never do were they in a sober state, some of which are potentially deadly not only to themselves but to those around them. There's a damn good reason drunk driving is a crime, and it's that the casualty is frequently not the drunk driver. The same thing applies to every other altered-mental-state substance.
There's nothing "safe" about allowing the production of non-medicinal drugs. Not by any stretch of the imagination.
You are right if legalization of drugs would lead to more addicts. We are not discussing if drugs are good or bad.
I would say bad even though you can lead a perfectly normal life when your using cocaine or cannabis (probably better than when addicted to alcohol).
I think legalization does not increase the amount of users significantly, while it makes many of the secondary effects better managable.