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Originally posted by intrepid
. The only drawback I can see is that to a great many hardcore users, jail is rehab for them. Without jail they would probably die.
Originally posted by MacKiller
Another point being made, the drugs have been changed alot since your grandfather used them.
The chemicals used in them have become more deadly, even more addictive.
These drugs are ALOT more harmful then some of the softcore ones, I think that is why they are getting ALOT of the attention.
Originally posted by cyberdude78
This is an interesting point. But I think I have the awnser to the question. Most drugs are illegal now because they have be scientifically proven to be harmful.
Originally posted by cyberdude78
Most drugs are illegal now because they have be scientifically proven to be harmful.
Originally posted by Cercey
.I think there are some positives to making some of these drugs leagal, but I think that in order to do it we are going to have to put a lot of money into drug prevention and rehab programs. I don't see it saving much money because I think it should be redirected to those efforts. If we suddenly declare coc aine legal, kids are going to get a very confusing message.
I think part of the reason that smoking rates have declined is because of anti-smoking campaigns and banning advertisements. The smoking rate for Europe, where ads are not illeagal, is much higher. If we are going to legalize other drugs we need to take some counteractive measures.
Originally posted by Amuk
So next you are gonna put people in prison for 30 years because they eat cheese burgers?
Where does it stop?
Originally posted by Cercey
If we suddenly declare coc aine legal, kids are going to get a very confusing message.
"If I wanted to send a message, I'd use Western Union." - Jack Warner
Originally posted by cavscout
Originally posted by Cercey
If we suddenly declare coc aine legal, kids are going to get a very confusing message.
So you suggest continue to shred the bill of rights just to send a message to kids?
The chemicals used in them have become more deadly, even more addictive.
These drugs are ALOT more harmful then some of the softcore ones, I think that is why they are getting ALOT of the attention.
Originally posted by Thomas Crowne
My grandfathers also washed their hands in leaded gasoline, but that doesn't make it an intelligent thing to do. Seat belts weren't even installed in cars but now we know that it is much smarter to have them and wear them, right?
Do you think that the use of narcotics was a good thing in the old days?
Opiates have been around since the get-go.
The Boston "Tea" Party of your younger history books was a misnomer, it wasn't actually tea that was tossed overboard. The patriots were tired of seeing zombified colonists.
Later, one of the first things the first congress did was to allow the East India Company the Opiate monopoly, which is still honored today. Ben Franklin's son nearly got his neck stretched by the first Treason and Sedition law created in his honor when he printed for the public what the first congress attempted to do in secret.
If you want a shrunken penis, bleeding gums, destroyed nasal passages and a shorter life span, go forth and obtain it, but don't think it should be legalized,
just go and do it as you have been doing it.
I, for one, do not want my government to condone something we all know is stupid.
Originally posted by Skadi_the_Evil_Elf
It is every persons right to their own life. Every person must make choices, and live with it. Thus damaging ones own body is the right of people as well as pursuing health.
The govornment's job is not to play nanny and make sure we do good things to ourselves. The govornment's job is to keep hostile foreigners out of the country, and keep us from killing one another. It is not the govornment's job to tell us what is good for us. That is the choice we make on our own.
People seem to forget, that if we make drugs legal, we will also make them harder for kids to get. Just like when Prohibition ended, so did bootlegging and the Mob's monopoly over liquor. They had to look elsewhere in the black market for profits. Same with drugs.
For example, if coc aine or meth were made legal, various companies immediately would start manufacturing the stuff under controlled conditions, assuring quality and purity. No more cutting with questionable substances. Drugs would be monitored, and when you go to the store and buy a bag of dope, you know that whats in the bag will be dope.
It will also lower the cost of drugs, making them cheaper. The reason drugs cost what they do is because they are controlled in the black market, who get a 17,000% markup on their product, because of the risks they take. For comparison, see prohibition. A drink which prior to the era cost 15 cents, during the outlaw of liquor, cost 75 cents. It was MUCH cheaper when it was legal.
You can see where I am going. Legalizing drugs would make them cheaper to buy, safer to use. Most people would prefer to buy cheap, pure drugs from a reputable drug store than some shifty back alley dealer whose product is questionable. Legalize drugs, and you rob the black market and organized crime of a huge chunk of their profits. You empty the prisons of non violent offenders. You end alot of street warfare.
And best of all, you save the taxpayers money by ending a most stupid and pointless, unwinnable "war".
The govornment condones stupid behavior everyday, Thomas Crowne. The war on drugs is just one.