Encyclopedia of Opinion
Question
What are the pros and cons of legalizing all drugs?
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Legalizing all drugs will benefit society

The position that ending prohibition outright would leave society better off, holding that criminalisation is itself the source of the black market, the unsafe supply and the mass imprisonment it was meant to prevent, and that regulation would replace them.

Supporting arguments · 2

  1. Prohibition hands the whole supply to criminals and makes every dose an unknown
  2. Criminalising users makes their problems permanent