Originally posted by Theairoh

Drug related murders are all the rage last I checked. Drugs are a huge business and you obviously aren't counting all the murders that occur due to the competitive nature of drug dealing if you think Cracky is only killing himself. That's ALL blood money son. Drugs usually also means organized crime which leads to other areas such as prostitution, human trafficking, smuggling, theft, etc. It's actually a good starting business for criminals too.
That's the whole point of legalizing it as was stated in the post we're discussing. The BUSINESS around crack is what slaughters people and it's usually between people who are involved in the business. Every now and then an innocent gets taken out in the middle of it all. Legalize it, and Cracky is killing only himself.

Alcohol IS legal, and it's slaughtering innocent bystanders on a fairly regular basis.