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originally posted by: DBCowboy
originally posted by: everyone
a reply to: DBCowboy
I think the difference between suicide and drugs (hard drugs) is that drugs is often epidemic in many ways. It will even introduce crime if made legal. People who use hard drugs will stop functioning well enough physically and socially, lose their jobs but the need for their drugs remains. They infect others with it and most easily the young. They stop taking care of themselves and their environment which also affects others and they even stop taking care of their children. No one can put the responsibility of common sense on young children who's parent chose to use hard drugs. It is not as if just because it became legal that their will all of a sudden be responsible crack junkies.
Should parents drink or smoke?
originally posted by: Abysha
originally posted by: Logarock
a reply to: DBCowboy
At the current drug related death rate folks found selling should get shot..... as if they were waving a gun around at cops and the public.
Are you talking about shooting pharmacists?
originally posted by: everyone
originally posted by: DBCowboy
originally posted by: everyone
a reply to: DBCowboy
I think the difference between suicide and drugs (hard drugs) is that drugs is often epidemic in many ways. It will even introduce crime if made legal. People who use hard drugs will stop functioning well enough physically and socially, lose their jobs but the need for their drugs remains. They infect others with it and most easily the young. They stop taking care of themselves and their environment which also affects others and they even stop taking care of their children. No one can put the responsibility of common sense on young children who's parent chose to use hard drugs. It is not as if just because it became legal that their will all of a sudden be responsible crack junkies.
Should parents drink or smoke?
If they do have a smoke or a drink every now and then would that be the same as being on heroine?
originally posted by: MoreInterior
There are so many different kinds of drugs. Bath salts make people eat other people's faces. .
originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: IAMTAT
It's difficult to be objective when this is obviously so personal.
Would it help if the money spent on the legal aspect was better spent on education and treatment?
originally posted by: Arizonaguy
a reply to: everyone
Now you're using common sense!
Just like regular common sense tells us that the guy that likes to snort a couple of lines of coke once or twice a month does far more damage to society than a heavy drinking alcoholic does. That's why one is legal and the other isn not.
originally posted by: DBCowboy
originally posted by: everyone
originally posted by: DBCowboy
originally posted by: everyone
a reply to: DBCowboy
I think the difference between suicide and drugs (hard drugs) is that drugs is often epidemic in many ways. It will even introduce crime if made legal. People who use hard drugs will stop functioning well enough physically and socially, lose their jobs but the need for their drugs remains. They infect others with it and most easily the young. They stop taking care of themselves and their environment which also affects others and they even stop taking care of their children. No one can put the responsibility of common sense on young children who's parent chose to use hard drugs. It is not as if just because it became legal that their will all of a sudden be responsible crack junkies.
Should parents drink or smoke?
If they do have a smoke or a drink every now and then would that be the same as being on heroine?
I'll concede the point and say, "No".
originally posted by: DBCowboy
Some interesting points have been raised.
If I caveat that individuals should be responsible for themselves, and that common sense would dictate and not government legislation, then what about these horrible drugs?
Is my premise wrong?
Am I wrong?
Do we actually "need" the government to step in and legislate what we put into our bodies that is our ultimate choice?
originally posted by: jimmyx
a reply to: IAMTAT
maybe we can bring our troops back from guarding the heroine poppy fields of Afghanistan, or at least have them guard their own fellow soldiers while over there.
originally posted by: IAMTAT
originally posted by: jimmyx
a reply to: IAMTAT
maybe we can bring our troops back from guarding the heroine poppy fields of Afghanistan, or at least have them guard their own fellow soldiers while over there.
Maybe we should burn the poppy fields to ash.
Heroin has killed exponentially more Americans than the Taliban!