From a newspaper editorial:Many people who are addicted to heroin will eventually attempt to overcome their addiction, principally for two reasons:the expense of maintaining a heroin addiction and the fear of arrest. If heroin were legalized and made available cheaply, as some people advocate, neither of these reasons would apply.
The considerations above can best serve as part of an argument that
legalizing the sale of heroin would cause the price of this drug to go down
making it easier for heroin addicts to obtain treatment for their addiction would encourage many heroin addicts to attempt to overcome their addiction
legalizing the sale of heroin would increase the number of crimes committed by heroin addicts to support their addiction
making heroin available legally and cheaply would make it less likely that heroin addicts will attempt to overcome their addiction
decreasing the severity of penalties for individuals who use heroin would not increase the number of new heroin addicts
