Do you think drugs should be legalized?
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Re: Do you think drugs should be legalized?
As far as the prisons, I just read an article that says they're using prison labor to work in the agricultural industry, the return of the chain gangs, working in the fields for sixty cents a day. That's back breaking work. 60¢ a day is just...criminal. That's just adding insult to injury. A lot of people may think, "well, they're criminals, they deserve it." But for the grace of God... You can tell a lot about a country/civilization by the way they treat the lowest citizens they have, and it shames me the way we treat the poor, the destitute and homeless, the sick and the prisoners in this country.
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The foster care system has been known to actually lose track of kids. The first choice in some states is to send them to next of kin. The problem being that simply being related doesn't mean the family is acceptable. I once knew a young brother and sister who were sent by the court to live with their grandmother. The mother was arrested for assault and minor possession.
The mom was out of jail in a matter of months. Shortly before she was released the grandmother grew angry with the boy over his bedwetting problem. Eventually she would tell the police he fell in the bathroom and they let him lay down on the couch to rest. His mother was released in time to attend the funeral.
Especially if there are children involved, the first avenue should be rehabilitation, not breaking up a family.
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It's much better than alcohol---annually, there are about 78,000 deaths directly attributed to alcohol in the US---
35,000 people die from cirrhosis of the liver, cancer and other diseases linked to drinking too much beer, wine and spirits.
Number of alcohol-induced deaths, excluding accidents and homicides: 25,692
Marijuana? 0
Alcohol addiction destroys lives---marijuana addiction hasn't even been scientifically proven. Some people say they're addicted to it, but if they are, the chances of them making it through withdrawal with little or no discomfort is exceedingly high. Alcohol addiction, on the other hand is very dangerous, with withdrawal symptoms running the gamut from hallucination, extreme agitation, seizures and death.
Worldwide, harmful use of alcohol results in the death of 2.5 million people annually, causes illness and injury to millions more, and increasingly affects younger generations and drinkers in developing countries.
Nearly 4% of all deaths are related to alcohol. Most alcohol-related deaths are caused by alcohol result from injuries, cancer, cardiovascular diseases and liver cirrhosis.
6.2% of male deaths are related to alcohol, compared to 1.1% of female deaths.
320,000 young people aged 15-29 years die annually, from alcohol-related causes, resulting in 9% of all deaths in that age group.
Marijuana? 0.
Yet, alcohol is legal, widely accepted---even celebrated.
So until you have verifiable scientific evidence that states that marijuana is dangerous, then you really have no cause to be condemning it. I'm just glad I live in a state that doesn't let prejudice and ignorance rule---which is why we are the the first state to legalize marijuana. And believe me, there will be many more.
It's time to take marijuana off the "Reefer Madness" roles and put it where it belongs---in the beneficial herb category.
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Lexi_efff wrote:I wrote a college research paper on the legalization of marijuana. I am a huge supporter and I find it ridiculous that the government hasn't capitalized on the opportunity to create revenue on a product that currently costs them millions. The marijuana industry generates billions of dollars a year- and it's illegal! I do believe that there is a sore need for the drug laws to be altered. I am amazed by the fact that marijuana is a schedule one drug recognized for no medical use and viewed legally as an equal to heroin and worse than methamphetamine! It's outrageous and ignorant. It is commonly known and accepted as a medical treatment for those suffering from a large array of ailments. Additionally, it is statistically far less dangerous or debilitating than alcohol. I also believe that marijuana should be separated from other drugs like cocaine, heroin, ecstasy, methamphetamine, LSD, Peyote, etc. (while I find LSD to be mild and pleasant I recognize the high possibility of negative experiences or "bad trips")
I have written as well as seen lots of research on this debate. What it comes down to is money vs. public safety. Like our current regulations and restrictions on alcohol, there are still people who die or suffer from the effects of alcohol consumption. Not to mention the idiots who choose to drink and drive..
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I am not a fan of using the term "Greater Good" because it has been used by many Dictators throughout history. It is a term that cannot be translated correctly for this purpose, because in a "free" country, we are led to believe that we are our own masters, and we decide what is good for us. If we are enforced to the "greater good", the decision of what is "good" for us is left up to whom?Hoops4me2 wrote:It is a slippery slope when legalizing drugs. One has to choose between personal freedom and the greater good.
I am assuming that "drugs" is street drugs. I think that we waste too much time trying to control what others are doing to harm themselves, when they are going to do it regardless of the consequences. If a person will be so inclined to sell their souls to a substance, that they will leave their jobs, homes, and children, to be one with the substance, then going to jail for the substance is not a hindrance to them, because they are already a prisoner in their minds.
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I agree that problems will not end when a child is relocated. A lot of the time, the child is given to the grandparents, but the grandparents failed with the first child, so why would we believe they would be the answer to the problem with the grandchild?Loveabull wrote:Looking at it again from a sociological point of view is the toll that putting people in jail for minor possession puts on families. Some would say simplistically that people who do drugs don't deserve to have their children. But even if you put away the parents SOMEBODY has to raise those kids. There aren't enough adoptive families to begin with and the process can take years.
The foster care system has been known to actually lose track of kids. The first choice in some states is to send them to next of kin. The problem being that simply being related doesn't mean the family is acceptable. I once knew a young brother and sister who were sent by the court to live with their grandmother. The mother was arrested for assault and minor possession.
The mom was out of jail in a matter of months. Shortly before she was released the grandmother grew angry with the boy over his bedwetting problem. Eventually she would tell the police he fell in the bathroom and they let him lay down on the couch to rest. His mother was released in time to attend the funeral.
Especially if there are children involved, the first avenue should be rehabilitation, not breaking up a family.
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and share them with the residents therein AND never ever bore the rest of the world
with their obnoxious addictions(to pot and their need to blather on about pot), then
Yes. Yes. and Yes. Just remember potheads, once you're there, you can't ever leave.
For any reason. Not even rolling papers.
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