02-21-2006, 07:24 PM
Ceorana votes AGAINST.
If we had angels in our police force, we could support this tentatively, because it gives us the power to crack down on most bad uses of drugs that harm other people.
However, we don't. In fact, it receives almost no funding. Many people will get drugs, legally, on their own property, and then smuggle them into public property to coerce others to try them. Yes, we can outlaw coercing, but we won't be able to enforce it very well, because we actually have to see them in the act of coercing, which may take only a few seconds. If we could outlaw drugs altogether, we can crack down on it at any time: before, during or after the coercing takes place.
If we had angels in our police force, we could support this tentatively, because it gives us the power to crack down on most bad uses of drugs that harm other people.
However, we don't. In fact, it receives almost no funding. Many people will get drugs, legally, on their own property, and then smuggle them into public property to coerce others to try them. Yes, we can outlaw coercing, but we won't be able to enforce it very well, because we actually have to see them in the act of coercing, which may take only a few seconds. If we could outlaw drugs altogether, we can crack down on it at any time: before, during or after the coercing takes place.