Drug Prohibition: On It's Last Legs?

Discussion in 'Politics' started by Rearden Metal, Aug 26, 2010.

  1. Eight

    Eight

    Bullshit fucking government worrying about what we smoke and running up a credit card debt of $200 Trillion dollars, let the Cartels take over for all I care... they tend to tax at about 50% and the current total tax bill is about that, but the Cartel guys are a lot easier when it comes to what you do in your personal life, they don't care what you do at all that much...
     
    #11     Aug 28, 2010
  2. I guess we could treat them the same as people who drink booze and then do something wrong. How about that for an idea?
     
    #12     Aug 29, 2010
  3. Err... Except it wasn't BS was it...??? Alcohol is also an addictive substance and people do become alcoholics...! When intoxicated on alcohol people's behavior changes in unpredictable ways.

    I don't actually see how legalizing drugs will enhance people's freedoms. Do you really want a bunch of corporations selling narcotics legally and openly...!!!??? I can only imagine what "DEREGULATION" will do in this case. Let's see... How has it worked out with the oil and housing industries...???
     
    #13     Aug 30, 2010
  4. You're lacking some serious drugs related history and social knowledge.

    Your thinking is wrong...

    1)Drug law reforms actually reduce the numbers of hard drug users as seen in the Netherlands. http://drugwarfacts.org/cms/?q=node/67

    2)Furthemore, despite a very liberal approach to cannabis, the Dutch are amongst the lowest users in Europe. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL5730185

    You're more likely to see a higher number of drug related crimes during prohibition times because of the black market: expanding crime activities, prices being higher leading to more drug addicted crimes (theft), etc

    Tell you what, I'll agree with letting you shoot every drug user if I also get the right to shoot every ignorant, intolerant, hypersensitive, close minded individual that interferes with my normal activities. Sound fair to you...?

    1)What makes you think pot smokers can no longer differentiate right from wrong? that is absolutely wrong. You coudln't be further from the truth. You seem to know a lot about it for someone who never smoked marijuana! http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=2838640#post2838640 Ignorance makes people talk out of their ass like you do. You know what, smoke some weed and come back here tell us if you could'nt differentiate right from wrong. In the meantime you should refrain from making statements about what drug does to the mind.

    2) In most known societies, men used drugs for meditation/introspection (besides the recreational and medicinal use). And in a number of these societies, the elders and the "wise" men used drugs for their mental activity enhancement qualities. Not really what you would call junkies who cannot differentiate right from wrong...
     
    #14     Sep 2, 2010
  5. A little laugh break in a boring market.... Bill Hicks spoke the truth.

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    #15     Sep 2, 2010
  6. Ricter

    Ricter

    I think we should strive to get drugs legalized, and promote their use, in competing countries.
     
    #16     Sep 2, 2010
  7. cstfx

    cstfx

    Do you currently have that right to shoot ANY alcoholic or ANY obese-clown-fed kid or adult that also interferes with your daily activity, let alone EVERY one of them?

    No?
     
    #17     Sep 2, 2010
  8. Portugal decriminalized all personal possession of drugs many years ago. The recreational use of drugs and the number of addicts has declined to the point where it is now lower than most of the rest of Europe. Norway is going to decriminalize drugs next year.

     
    #18     Sep 2, 2010
  9. Lucrum

    Lucrum

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    #19     Sep 3, 2010