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Originally posted by Trader
Fantastic points!! Let's legalize drugs indiscriminately, then try to wean society from them like we currently do with cigarettes. A follows B follows C follows A.
Seriously though, the points make sense, but among other things there would have to be controlled use and/ or distribution.
Originally posted by alien
...care to come spend a day in the Psych Wards with me?? Care to come see young people who have smashed themselves up on P?? Blew their minds out and are now blitzed zombies with severe Drug Induced Psychosis and Brain Damage...
Care to come visit the families of clients who couldn't handle life, did some drugs and dove through their apt window 3 stories to the motorway below??
Wanna come help me with the Youth Drug and Alcohol group?? Wanna come meet the 11 year old P-addict pulling tricks for a fix?? Wanna come see that shyte???
Yeah...its all good for a buzz ain't it...if ya don't have to pick up the pieces of course...
Originally posted by alien
Ain't that simple though PrankMonkey...for there is NO such thing as a 'Safe Level' of useage that can be applicable across the board.
There is no way of saying "X amount of Y is all good, any more than that is unsafe" For its all individual how ANY substance is gonna affect ya. Also...most don't know if they have anything kicking around their heads like Latent Schizophrenia just waiting to be triggered by a good sesh...ya just never know...
I'll give you an example: One dude I work with has done drugs ONCE...one time...and blam, Drug Induced Psychosis. He was a smart kid, a wise kid, knew the ins and outs and took the risk...did less drugs than everyone else was doing but it didn't matter...one buzz was all it took. So as for unsafe useage, that wouldn't have been applicable to that guy...and he's certainly not the only one.
As for alcohol...shyte...eat enough lettuce and you can poison yourself too...drink enough water and you die...but I'm focussed on the drugs topic right now..
Originally posted by alien
PrankMonkey:
I'm all for personal choice and personal responsibility. Problem comes when you consider not everyone is brilliant and wise like us *snicker*. Human Stupidity Factor comes into it quite a bit. Peeps are gonna mess up, and peeps are gonna make unwise choices...which isn't a problem unless YOU are the one who has to pick up the pieces. When someone is a blunged out headcase they become society's problem. Well...actually NOT society's problem, as the majority of society is sitting in their nice homes pontifficating about the pros and cons of drugs and all protected from viewing and dealing with the harsh realities of them.
Yes, people are gonna do drugs whether they are illegal or not...hell, I did...but I also know people who wanted to, but didn't BECAUSE they were illegal to do...and as far as I'm concerned if them being illegal keep those bros from doing drugs, then all good.
XAOS:
How is making something LEGAL going to make it harder to get??? The drugs he did were fine for everyone else...so a bad trip wasn't the cause. Also, for funding Education etc with proceeds of Legalised Drug Production...ummm...Education and Legalisation are not symbiotic...you CAN do one without the other. How would you fund it?? How about prioritise what the Govt is spending the dosh on for a start. How much is spent on a Jet Fighter?? How many Drug Rehab/Education Centres could be nicely funded with the price tag of just one of them...
[Edited on 18-8-2003 by alien]
You forget that when business becomes involved, profit is the only thing that counts. Tabaco is a perfect example. Do you suggest making drugs available on a prescription basis? What will people do when they want something harder but the doc won't give it to them?
Originally posted by xaos
If it was legal, you could put an age limit on it, a doctors perscription, and it wouldnt manner anyway, cause who would fluck themselves up on P, when you could get weed much cheaper and easier. And along with legality you could put more money into drug education, money gotten from the takes on drugs.
Just a couple extra points that PM didnt make.
XAOS
Originally posted by zed
You forget that when business becomes involved, profit is the only thing that counts. Tabaco is a perfect example. Do you suggest making drugs available on a prescription basis? What will people do when they want something harder but the doc won't give it to them?
Originally posted by xaos
If it was legal, you could put an age limit on it, a doctors perscription, and it wouldnt manner anyway, cause who would fluck themselves up on P, when you could get weed much cheaper and easier. And along with legality you could put more money into drug education, money gotten from the takes on drugs.
Just a couple extra points that PM didnt make.
XAOS