wow Lib dems speak with straight tongue

today a Lib Dem MP? said we should legalise all drugs including heroin !
At first sight- shock, horror !
Think about it, impersonally
there is and always will be , a demand for drugs.
at present this demand is fulfilled by drug dealers. As it is against the law, this demand is reduced, both by people enot wanting to be outside the law [ zilch almost] and also by supply/demand curve, ie the worlds' governments reducing the supply thereby increasing the price [that's all that can happen].
I was buying cannabis in 1975 at £120/ oz (28 grammes). Today the price for top quality stuff [much stronger] is about £100/oz .
In purely economic terms, the worlds' govts have failed totally and they should admit it and face reality.
I do not take nor have ever taken many other recreational drugs so I'm not *too* biased, in fact I reckon heroin is f'ing stupid to use as is coke etc.
BUT..... I think we should legalise ALL drugs and tax them , and use some of the money derived from them to educate all people who may want to use them, so they know the dangers associated with each drug physiological,mentaly and addictiveness.
The way to cut down on drug useage is via knowledge not via criminality
I personally reckon that drug/sex whatever legislation is partly driven by the politicians hope that their kids won't start ..... partial proof : the age of consent seems to drop by 2 years/ generation- ie they reckon that cos they started having sex 2 years before they should, it should be legal for their offspring.