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Drug legalisation

Chuck Stone · 2011-08-31 02:03:16

Too many people's wages paid by the prohibition of drugs - that's a lot of incentive to keep creating criminals and criminalising people for victimless 'crimes'. Police Solicitors Barristers Judges Prison officers Customs officials Parole officers etc etc If prohibition costs the state say 50 million €uro a year then…

31-08-2011 2:03am

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Chuck Stone

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Too many people's wages paid by the prohibition of drugs - that's a lot of incentive to keep creating criminals and criminalising people for victimless 'crimes'.

Police
Solicitors
Barristers
Judges
Prison officers
Customs officials
Parole officers
etc
etc

If prohibition costs the state say 50 million €uro a year then that's €50m worth of incentive to fight any changes to prohibition.

What prohibition is the legal apparatus of the state reaching into your pocket and taking your money to pay their wages for a war which will never ever be won.

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