You have a lot of questions Susan and I don't have all the answers but I'll take a shot at a couple.
DUI is against the law, isn't it? So why are some people arrested for it 35 times or more, and still out there doing it again?
Because active alcoholics have lost the ability to choose whether or not they will drink alcohol and when or how much they will drink (in much the same way that drug addicts have lost their ability to choose regarding the use of drugs). They live with the delusion that they still have a choice, can "control" it or that they "quit forever" the last time they got into trouble. No matter the consequences or harm they cause to others, that delusion is unshakable in some.
So, what WOULD happen if all of them were legalized?
Not enough good to mitigate the harm that would result.
Is there anything to my theory (based on almost nothing) that:
1) Users want to use them -- no one is standing on their throat with a knife posed over their heart.
People start out "wanting" to try drugs, addicts and alcoholics use regardless of what they "want".
2) Users will always be users, legal or not. If you legalize drugs and make them cheaper, will the users be able to afford enough to become fatalities, and thus "reduce the surplus population" (it's that time of year, you know)?
Recovery is possible for any alcoholic or addict possessing the ability to learn to be honest with themselves and the willingness to do what it takes to recover. There will always be some people who abuse drugs and alcohol, legalizing drugs would just dramatically increase the number of non-abusers that will suffer because of the actions of abusers as well as the costs to society.
3) If you legalize them, and that does take most of the profit out of them, will the pushers still be pushing? What would be the point?
Some pushers will still push, they'll just focus their marketing on those that can not legally obtain the drugs like kids or those that want more than regulations will allow.
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