Do you think drugs should be legalized?
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Re: Do you think drugs should be legalized?
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I have my MS in Anthropology and agree with you that it is a cultural problem, however, at least we aren't back to the days of opium tents being panacea, as snake oil, for ailments! For now, I am more on the side of the government staying out of my life but I can see both sides. As a non-drug user I am for personal freedoms but I can also see this issue from the side of family members who have to endure drug addict issues as well which would not be fun! Fortunately all of us on this forum have more common sense than to use hard drugs.MichaelMcManus wrote:The argument for legalizing marijuana is that it will reduce crime. Maybe a little. Unfortunately, marijuana is not the real focus of the DEA. Taking the least dangerous drug out of the equation will remove only one of the many products illegally marketed in the US. The black market for illegal substances will continue to thrive. Our focus should be working on the demand, rather than the supply. I know that sounds impossible, but it is the only way. If there was no demand, there would be no supply and no suppliers. It is a cultural, not an economic problem.
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Along w/banning street drugs, I'd ban all prescription drugs considering their dangerous side-effects...
" Doctors " are the biggest drug pushers, the Pharmaceutical companies should be shut down as fast as any Meth Lab would be, but of course we all know that won't be happening ( they're the BIGGEST contributors to presidential campaigns )
The FDA is a total farce, judging from all the " recalls " rodents are not their only Guinea pigs...
Carpe Diem!
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I agree with you 100%. I don't do illegal drugs but I don't see how it is my business what other people do with their own bodies.plexaeterson wrote:Drugs of all types should be legalized if they are labeled and warnings are placed on them. If you know what you are getting yourself into, then who are we to stop you?
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anecdotes when a serious matter is to be considered? I rarely agreed with Richard
Nixon on anything. But his view of such boorish behavior(years ahead of the Springer
show) was eloquent." You haven't changed someone's mind because you've shouted them down. It's shows a lack of respect for a fundamental, American principle. The
right to a free and open debate between men with opposing points of view."
And not a call to the animals in a barnyard, letting them know that the slop is on.
THERE ARE GOING TO BE CONSEQUENCES TO THE LEGALIZATION OF DRUGS. Is our infrastructure prepared for that?
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Carpe Diem!
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Not to be preachy, but to those of you who think that marijuana is harmless, it's not. It impairs brain function at many levels, and those who regularly smoke marijuana are more likely to get lung cancer than those who regularly smoke cigarettes.