If one bought the drug from a "drug manufacturer" ( as defined by parameters in Article 1(e), then said drug has been bought illegally, which means said drug is, therefore, illegal.
By parameters stated in Article 1(a), a "drug" is defined as "a chemical substance which induces psychoactive effects after being consumed, where such a substance is not already considered legal for recreational consumption or a substance used for recognized medical purposes or otherwise as part of recognized sacramental purposes..."
By this argument, alcohol is a "drug", as it does induce psychoactive effects. (You can look it up.)
Thus, "illegal alcohol" is within the terms of a "drug", and so are illegal sleeping pills (also induce psychoactive effects) , etc., but there is no definition for "illegal alcohol", or what constitutes an "illegal sleeping pill".
(Said illegal items mentioned in last sentence do not matter if you ban alcohol.)
Thus, in such cases, this law is extremely vague. What constitutes as "illegal"? Is it an illegally manufactured drug, as stated above? But then, how will you know whether said drug was legally manufactured or not? Another item of note is that the text says that it is "Unconvinced that the criminalization of individuals in possession of recreational drugs deters recidivism or recreational drug use". The fact is, it depends. If you have a high compliance stat, then, of course. But if you don't it is highly unlikely that it will do anything. In fact people may become
addicted to drug laws, as shown
here.Thus, such a law may increase civil rights, but also exponentially increases costs, as many "simple drug possessors" are in the prisons. (Or, at least, I think so.)
One last point: how will you find out whether the claimed "simple drug possessor" is
really a simple drug possessor? How can you make sure he is not lying? Apart from contradictions, this law is also hard to implement.
This is my first attempt at debating a resolution, so pls correct my mistakes!
(I voted for it, but only because OWL said so. Amerion only did so because he had to follow TSP's laws himself.)