30 People Post Their Dumbest Ideas That Might Just Might Make The World A Better Place

OMG, this should be a thing!

I also think they should live on an "average" wage for a year or two so they understand what the average person/family have to go through.

Legalize weed across the states, tax it, and use that money to repair the roads. Call it Operation Pothole.

Would this really stop people from stealing though? The reason they steal is to get money to buy drugs and that wouldn't really change if they were legal.

I agree. There would be soooo much more benefits legalising drugs than the risks. The governments are currently fighting a war they cannot win.

And use some of the funds for safe injection centers that also help curb addiction. They already do this in Canada.

There are some people who have been saying this for decades. Some countries have even made steps towards it.

Look up Sweden's heroin issue.

That was already implemented in some countries to positive results. "War on drugs" is stupid

Today in many of the states that have legalized medical weed, the states fees to individuals are so high, and the cost of the weed is so high that illegal weed is still much more affordable. So the illegal dealers are still thriving.

Weed is legal in Canada ,so the dealers sell it for less than the government lol , (at least where I lived)

stupid, you must be a druggie. People would be out of control endangering others at work and on the road to name a few. Not to mention the health problems they'll create for themselves. Might as well be the zombie apocalypse

They'd still find a way to sell illegally. It's the way of the World, unfortunately.

Would rather use that money to fund rehab centers and preventative therapy so all that newly legal Meth doesn't destroy peoples lives the way Meth is known to do

I've been saying this for years

Yeah, the war on drugs is an absolute failure. However, that money isn't nearly enough for medicare for all.

But then the people making absolute boat loads of cash from the "war on drugs" would be forced to find actual jobs. Just kidding. They have enough to retire they just want to get richer.

addicts wouldn't have to steal? do you know what an addict is?

That's a great idea in theory but there's no way to control it. It's not like growing tobacco where stuff is added to be like a current cigarette. Weed can be grown on a window sill with nothing added.

Just don't treat drug taxes as a bottomless piggy bank that you can set as high as you want -- already in my state I can buy pot off the street cheaper than from a legal marijuana dispensary.

Sounds promising, if alcohol and smokes can be taxed twice by differend kinds of taxes, then why the hell not. But no no, legalizing drugs isn't "proper"

Agreed with legalizing all drugs and there being health coverage for all. BUT the estimated cost of the US Govt. funding medicare for all citizens currently without health insurance is, by the estimates of any economists, in the trillions of dollars per year. The amount the federal govt. would save from legalizing all drugs is not even close to that level of money, maybe a few billion dollars at most that the federal govt. would save. Health coverage for all American citizens is possible, the trillions it requires can be generated, but only if we're all willing to pay way more in taxes, all but the very poorest citizens that is. Yes, the rich would have to pay more, but so would the middle and working class citizens. That's the only way it can actually happen and be a sustainable idea.

Mandatory spelling classes for druggies.

And the deaths from the more pure drugs causing OD's, or the drug-driving, the hallucinations and mental illness leading to murders, the list goes on...

Only law members of the groups disproportionately affected by drug laws to have licenses to sell them legally.

doesn't solve the whole problem. Weed is legal in Canada, but a lot of it is still bought on the black market.

As H L Mencken said there's a simple solution for every problem,, and it's always wrong. Teachers don't require triple pay; they're quite well paid in most cases. The cartels will remain in business because they'll undercut the legal price and adedicts will continue stealing no matter what. If you want to do anything tp improve education, support charter schools.

Any taxes gathered will be offset by the ensuing public health initiatives trying to get you stop using the very drugs that they'd just told you are now OK to use. cf. anti-smoking and anti-drinking campaigns.

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Best idea so far

And for medical safety you can only do a drug you've never done before in specific spaces with medical staff on hand.

Definitely, and for crying out loud ride in single file, not 2-3+ abreast.

Well in Australia it is illegal to ask a breastfeeding mother to leave or move elsewhere etc. Doesn't matter if she is feeding in the middle of a shopping centre, a restaurant etc. From my observations, it seems that other women are the ones that complain about breastfeeding in public, a lot more than men do.

This one makes me so sad, especially because of how women and PoC are so much more routinely dismissed, leading to sometimes dire consequences.

it works for my flat

Also cigarette butts. Triple fine if left on playground.

This!

That should be acceptable. HOWEVER, it should go both ways. I am tried of being polite while a cashier ignores me and gossips with a coworker or cops an attitude.

This already exists.

Knowing me I would procrastinate until June, then „relax“ during the summer until I finally put together a manuscript in december.

All the money that is spent on marketing and advertising saved would make products cheaper, and if the product changes are good, it will sell itself X

Suddenly everyone dreams about being at work every night.

It's a lovely thought but I fear that the lure of the dark side will be too strong for many.

Like a personal ID coin for shopping cart..if you don't return the cart you don't have your coin back and you can't get the next cart..