Yeah.. do you think I just want this done for fun? Of course I'm thinking about the addicted, and the overdoses.

Drugs are illegal, and yet they are still addicted. Addiction is difficult to treat, because there are many underlying sources.

Now, to the reason for legalizing drugs: Overdoses.

Overdose isn't just a person taking too much drugs. Most recently, fentanyl laced drugs are the major driving factor for the increase in overdoses.

Now, let me ask you this, why aren't there a large portion of overdoses with pharmaceutical drugs? Regulations. The regulations in manufacturing, labels, and selling create a safe environment. That way, you can go to a pharmacy and know the prescription or OTC product is exactly what you are purchasing.

By making drugs illegal, you eliminated regulations, increased drug trafficking gangs, and created an unsafe environment.

Yes. I'm thinking about the addicted. I'm just trying to solve the problem in a way that I believe would work. Don't try to make me out like I'm some kid wanting to get high.

>It appears that the rise in deaths was fueled not by greater numbers of teens using drugs – substance use in this age group actually went down during the pandemic – but by use of dangerous and highly potent forms of fentanyl. The study found that fentanyl-related deaths increased from 253 in 2019 to 680 the following year. And in 2021, 77% of all teen overdose deaths involved fentanyl.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/04/12/1092309418/teen-drug-overdose-deaths-rose-sharply-in-2020-driven-by-fentanyl-laced-pills https://nida.nih.gov/research-topics/trends-statistics/overdose-death-rates https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6007807/