Should we legalize drugs?
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While I think the abuse of drugs is terrible, if you want to poison yourself for whatever reason, far be it from me to tell you, you can't. It's your life not mine. However I think they should be regulated by the government to perhaps insure safe dosages or something. I'm trying to adhere to my ideals, but I as of late I find it difficult to trust people left up to their own devices. If there was someway that you could only mess yourself up and keep others out of it, then I'd be super supportive of illicit drug legalization.
regulation of certain drugs is not possible. how do you regulate a 4am coke or crack run?
anoher thing is that people in the midst of a crack binge are insane. people will say that is a strong word but you really have to see it first hand. regulation is not exactly part of the equation, it is in fact non existent.
i remember being with my best friend when he took a hit off a crack pipe, long term user he was, and his back hunched up like a wolf and he pranced around on his toes as if he was...i dont know it is just hard to explain. his eyes got wide and he looked around and started looking under his bed and behind his drwer case (whatever those are called) and to be honest i picked up a knife and held it behind my back just in case i had to put him down because he was acting so erratically that it was frightening. this was from one hit, but it takes a few years to get to that point.
He is dead now anyway, died at 28.
but...i dont know. do we sacrifice some people? do we help them? do we look the other way? do we wait for them to become addicted and point our fingers at them and say 'look at you, what a disgrace you are. do we say here have some more crack, you'll be dead in a few years anyway. i dont know, i just dont know. what are the answers? what are the answers we seek? can i find some magic bullet? do i...do we stop trying?
ice was the first thing that popped into my mind, thats why i picked w gov regulation. each person is allotted a certain amount of drugs each month, to make sure they aren't becoming addicted or whatever. whenever they buy a drug, they say when they will use it, and are tested the next day to make sure that amount is in their system, so we know they aren't selling it. i dunno if we have the technology for that though. if you're tested and didn't use it, fines/penalties whatever.
I meant regulated like how it's sold an distributed. But it's obvious I don't know what I want. I kind of feel the same way about gun control (or least the way I used to feel about gun control up until a few weeks ago). In an ideal world... but I obviously have no real solution.
I disagree.
Norsefire said:
We talking about the same "free market" that is responsible for the economic meltdown? Many things -do- need to be not just regulated, but regulated firmly.
I believe that it should indeed be regulated, just as alchohol or other legal drugs are regulated. I recommend you read "Ending the War on Drugs", written by someone who advised Ronald Reagan in his bid for the Governorship of California.
To start wit... whether drugs are leagalized or not... a much beter job of educatin the public about how drugs will mor than likely change you'r life for the worst if you get mixed up wit it... an yes... this applies to POT.!!!
1 time on tv i saw a 13 year old girl bein interviewed about her pot use.... she said her grades was gettin worser but she jus cant stop smokin pot an then tears started rollin down her cheeks.!!!
Pot is also a serous prollem... an not jus for kids... thers no such thang as a responsible drug user... it jus screws up som peoples lifes less than others.!!!
There is no justification for government power.
No, we aren't. Good thing we got that cleared up. I'm talking about a real free market.
And maybe you should educate yourself: it is because of government spending and regulation that we are in this mess.
Neither I nor you chose to pay, though. We're being sold something we never agreed to buy. And it isn't "bullshit" at all; it's called freedom. Laissez-faire. Statists and fascists like you wouldn't understand.
Again, I disagree.
Norsefire said:
Many people (including myself) are upset that the government didn't have stricter rules concerning bank regulations and you.. want to go the other way, to get rid of them.. entirely. Law of the jungle, might is right type of thing?
Norsefire said:
I essentially go with these articles on the causes of the meltdown:
Root causes of the economic meltdown
Root Cause Of The Economic Meltdown: Our Inside-The-Beltway Political Class, Particularly The GOP & Blue Dogs In Thrall To Corporate Bribes
By weed out you mean kill people? The abusers will die and cease to abuse drugs. I don't really think you can be too responsible with hard drugs, like you might be able to do with marijuana or alcohol. To be honest though I don't really see what the big deal is by regulating it, the way alcohol is regulated. Government controls dosage of drug dispensed, where it can be dispensed, and who it can be dispensed too (i.e. not small children).
Hey, I pretty much agree with Asguard! I think all drugs should be decriminalized (no prosecution of possession). Some drugs (like pot) should be handled like alcohol. Others (like heroin), should be given by prescription to addicts.
Id like to see truthful informaton made avalable about all drugs... such as... the percentage of people who tryed pot or alcohol or heron... ect.. an it made the quality of ther life worse... an the percentage who tryed those drugs an it improved ther quality of life.!!!
An not only literature made readily avalable... but also regular documentaries presented on tv about drug users lifes.!!!
You seem to have trouble reading, try again:
"Evaluating the policy strictly from an empirical perspective, decriminalization has been an unquestionable success, leading to improvements in virtually every relevant category and enabling Portugal to manage drug-related problems (and drug usage rates) far better than most Western nations that continue to treat adult drug consumption as a criminal offense."
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