No elected official at any level can lower the violence that is ancillary to the illegal drug trade unless they assist in ending the policy of drug Prohibition.
I still don't like the thought of legalizing it (heroin)
Me neither, except that I recognize that a legal, regulated market for heroin is far preferable to an illegal market that is 100% unregulated and is controlled completely by street dealers, criminal gangs and cartels.
Legal drug dealers don't shoot each other, don't shoot police and don't shoot innocent bystanders.
Legal drug dealers don't knowingly sell to minors, nor recruit minors to sell for them.
Legal drug dealers don't knowingly sell product that is tainted and incorrectly labeled for purity and content.
No. When was he last in the city? I forgot, Daley has it under control. How come this crime wave isn't in other cities, or is Chicago the only one with a big heroin problem?
Illegals will do whatever to whomever, whenever whether its legal or not.
Illegals will do whatever to whomever, whenever whether its legal or not.
If they would only make drugs legal, our culture would improve.
How? Society should raise standards, not lower them.
Barman - Can legal sportsbetting in LV compete with Pinny and other "illegal" sportsbooks? Of course not. Don't think that street dealers wouldn't be able to compete, because they will.