No one said drug addicts weren't dangerous or assholes for that matter. That person stole the car to pay for his drug addiction and didn't want to go to jail(were he should go for stealing the car)probably for a long time. I don't doubt the fact that the combination of the drugs and the fear of getting caught were the reason for this guy's dangerous stupid moves. Most addict don't want to go through withdrawals in prison and that makes them a danger. Not very hard to figure out. The point is that we as a people are not only prosecuting these people that commit crimes to get the drugs but locking people up for simple possession too. Like it or not the fact remains that the cost of an addict's fixes for the month, as the system is, is the amount of most people's rent. The cost to make these drugs is pennies. Just how much money do you think they would need if it was legal? I see by your response you could only muster an answer from what you have been told, again. You are happy being misinformed rather than admit that if it worked to stop crime, and drug addiction declined greatly in Holland, it could work here too. Did you read the link I provided?
If you want to have a real education in this subject you first really need to realize that all the hype and reasons for not legalizing are Drug Czars bullshit. They are smart enough to know that if it worked in Holland, it could work here. The promise of taking peoples homes and cars and anything associated with them and thier drugs is the greedy incentive to keep the laws the way they are. They won't even legalize pot because the know they will make 100s of millions of dollars from take people's property, again this year. If you don't see this as a a incentive for the greedy government to keep drugs illegal, than you probably will never really want to know the truth anyway.