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{{DES | des = Libertarians have long advocated legalizing drugs. Liberals have also long advocated legalizing drugs. The difference is how they would be legalized: libertarians want unregulated drugs, and liberals want regulated drugs. | show=}} | {{DES | des = Libertarians have long advocated legalizing drugs. Liberals have also long advocated legalizing drugs. The difference is how they would be legalized: libertarians want unregulated drugs, and liberals want regulated drugs. | show=}} | ||
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| + | Libertarians have no answer for the simple problem of selling unlabelled narcotic candy to your children in any store. While they may tut-tut, they have no way of justifying a regulation against it. They may claim they will teach their children not to take those drugs, but they will have all the success that parents have always had with tobacco, alcohol and other drugs. If they are able to determine which soda has cocaine, which sports drinks have speed, which candy has opiates, etc. Remember, no required labels. | ||
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| + | Decades of experience with [[Public Health|public health]] approaches to regulating alcohol and tobacco show that consumption and disease due to consumption can be greatly reduced. | ||
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