TheHonestTruth
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TheHonestTruth said:This drug war is a myth used for political gain, its cloaked in lies, and its a sick policy against this nation that breeds nothing but evil.
Kandahar said:Amen. Just like Prohibition caused the rise of the mafia, the War On Drugs has caused a rise in drug cartels and inner-city gangs.
The war on drugs has absolutely devastated poor communities for decades, and is the single biggest cause of poverty. It should be ended immediately, and all drugs (with the possible exception of those that cause extreme violence) should immediately be legalized.
TheHonestTruth said:I hear your arguement about the "violent drugs" because I had that same line of thinking a year ago. Drugs like crack, meth, etc should be illegal right?
TheHonestTruth said:But I realized that this only does exactly what other drug prohibition has done, it creates a black market, it makes the drugs more attractive to people because of the forbidden fruit aspect, and it would only create more abuse of these horrible substances by making only a couple drugs illegal and glamourizing them in that way.
galenrox said:People can responsibly use PCP, I just can't imagine why they would.
And drug prohibition actually increases PCP use, since some weed is laced with it.
People should be held accountable for their actions, not the substance that placed them in the state of mind they were in when they commited that action.
scottyz said:Make it legal and tax the hell out of it....
Bin Forgotton said:Legalazation of drugs is worth looking at. But I really do get tired of people saying pot is harmless. Its gotton much stronger over the years, and in some people can cause acute parinioa. This can affect everything from interaction with others, driving, and possibly violence. Cocaine? Come on. Coke can destroy your life MUCH faster than alcholol. A matter of month's, not years. Same for meth and herion.
Bin Forgotton said:Legalazation of drugs is worth looking at. But I really do get tired of people saying pot is harmless. Its gotton much stronger over the years, and in some people can cause acute parinioa. This can affect everything from interaction with others, driving, and possibly violence. Cocaine? Come on. Coke can destroy your life MUCH faster than alcholol. A matter of month's, not years. Same for meth and herion.
ShullsM said:Will check out the blog. Thanks.
When you put the pros and cons down on paper, my first thought is that the pros of legalization outweigh the cons. The one problem that I cannot get over, however, is that if drugs are legalized, even marijuana, I dread to think of the message it will send to people and children. For people to look at the legalization, they will look and see that pot has been illegal and looked poorly upon for years, but now it is legal. What kind of message does that send?
I believe money would have to be poured into education programs to assist in the transition of the legalization. I'm not for or against it. I'm on the fence.
Kandahar said:Amen. Just like Prohibition caused the rise of the mafia, the War On Drugs has caused a rise in drug cartels and inner-city gangs.
The war on drugs has absolutely devastated poor communities for decades, and is the single biggest cause of poverty. It should be ended immediately, and all drugs (with the possible exception of those that cause extreme violence) should immediately be legalized.
Stu Ghatze said:Wrong, ...its the DRUG itself that has CAUSED devastation to poor communities, & the whacko feel good liberals who want to protect the rights of the g-damn criminals that sell the junk,
Stu Ghatze said:that also helps to prostitute many women into drug dependency, & prostitution itself,
Stu Ghatze said:the spread of STD's, the laziness to work for an honest living,
Stu Ghatze said:..& the false belief that those engaging in the drug of their choice are the victims!
Stu Ghatze said:The cure is in vigorously PROSECUTING drug users, & sellers. Want to help those hooked? Fine, ...lets get them treatment to end their physical dependency, & once out of addiction, & they become "clean" again they are fit for society.
IF they go back to the same puke, PROSECUTE the shyte out of them because it was nobody's fault but their own, let them be accountable for their own bad choices!
TheHonestTruth
The fact is that other drugs are less dangerous and less appealing and keeping them illegal only makes their problems magnified and creates crime, addiction, corruption, and hypocrisy.
galenrox said:People can responsibly use PCP, I just can't imagine why they would.
And drug prohibition actually increases PCP use, since some weed is laced with it.
People should be held accountable for their actions, not the substance that placed them in the state of mind they were in when they commited that action.
XShipRider said:...other drugs are less dangerous... must disagree. Cocaine (in all it's forms)
and heroin are most definitely very dangerous drugs. Potency certainly
plays a part. I would agree with you if you had kept it in context by saying
marijuana is less dangerous in some respects.
As for creating crime, addiction, corruption, and hypocrisy. Not sure where
you were going with those. How do you correlate legal status to creating
addiction? If you had said alcoholism is prevalent due to the legality of
alcohol I could agree. But to declare addiction is created through legislation
is absurd unless the law dictates the use of drugs.
As for enforcement, there must be a token effort to make any law
reasonably effective else we have anarchy. Look at the traffic laws.
The cops stop maybe 1/1000 of all speeding cars (if that). This effort
keeps just enough check on speed to declare the law effective (except
in and around Cleveland).
How many countries have legalized hallucinogens around the world? Not
many. There is a reason for the overwhelming majority of nations keeping
drugs illegal. Either they are against them morally, spritually or economically.
(Not that drugs aren't an economic force in and of themselves.)
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