A truly tragic turn of events, one where you have my heartfelt sympathy. However one can't afford to live a life of regret, and wishing if only this or that. I've no doubt the parent who taught their dead son driving lessons,regrets every day. Cocaine the drug, to the best of my limited knowledge, doesn't kill. A murderer murdered, if it wasn't cocaine it would have been something else. Yes of course the selling and buying of cocaine is illegal, driven underground by a stupid law,
that allows our young people to associate with criminals. The street mentality of the drug - I imagine remains high. Youth and rebellion, and all that go's, with the immaturity of young people. Popular culture has always included the rebel pop stars, kicking off with crack. Where did prince ( the ginger heid wan ) get his score ? Should he have shopped his dealer ?
You can never accomplish a society, that is completely recreational drug free, I for one would defend the right of the individual at that point. If we will never rid ourselves of these drugs, lets become grown up about it, except it as it is, and deal with it. Why should we as a society, except the vulnerability of our youth to being further compromised, by allowing this trade to remain in the hands of criminals. Decriminalisation would remove the current problems of identifying those in need. It would transfer power from the hand of the mobster, to that of the people. We take control at that point. Only then can we monitor the well being of society as a whole. Not in a big brother sort of way though - we must stop criminalising our young people, with laws, that quite frankly, don't work. We have a moral duty to make this a better place for our children. Lets make a start.