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make drugs legal??
treedawg
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should we make drugs legal? i say yes, and here's why...
1. think of all the money that would be saved if the "war on drugs" was stopped. this is a war that will never be won...
2. if drugs were legal then they would be taxed like beer or tobacco.
3. drugs would be bought at store, not from the local dealer. the thugs would be out of business over night.
4. the greatest number of people in US prisons sre there on drug charges. just think of the savings to tax payers if they were'nt there.
5. drugs would be made in steril labs, not in a jungle or basement, thus removing a large portion of the inhertent danger. you'd have tax paying employees working there.
6. the US would have the world's strongest economy overnight.
7.this list could go on and on.....
no, i don't use drugs. i'm happily marries and run my own small business.
this may not be a popular point of view here, but this is just a small portion of my libertarian attitude.
1. think of all the money that would be saved if the "war on drugs" was stopped. this is a war that will never be won...
2. if drugs were legal then they would be taxed like beer or tobacco.
3. drugs would be bought at store, not from the local dealer. the thugs would be out of business over night.
4. the greatest number of people in US prisons sre there on drug charges. just think of the savings to tax payers if they were'nt there.
5. drugs would be made in steril labs, not in a jungle or basement, thus removing a large portion of the inhertent danger. you'd have tax paying employees working there.
6. the US would have the world's strongest economy overnight.
7.this list could go on and on.....
no, i don't use drugs. i'm happily marries and run my own small business.
this may not be a popular point of view here, but this is just a small portion of my libertarian attitude.
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DarkStar11
"...But Mona Lisa musta had the highway bluesYou can tell by the way she smiles..."
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Much of the danger in drugs lies in the person who is on them, and many of the burglary, robbery, and theft crimes are committed by persons so they will have money to buy drugs. How much consolation is it going to be to know that the person who stole everything of value out of your home while you were gone will at least be pouring the proceeds he gains from selling your valuables at 5 cents on the dollar into the local economy, because now he can buy his dope at the 7-11? It doesn't matter where you buy it, you still have to have the money to pay for it, and desperate people resort to desperate means.
Why not just do away with law enforcement, and the criminal justice system in general, since the "War on Crime" will never be won either. Think of all the tax dollars we could save on salaries, equipment, and training on LEO's and all those involved in the criminal justice system.
Have you ever seen or dealt with someone who is flying on meth, wet, or PCP? It doesn't matter where you buy it, the effects on the human body are going to be the same, no matter if you buy it from the dealer across town or next to the candy aisle at the 7-11. I'm sure all LEO's would take consolation from the fact that the crazed maniac they are fighting with and who wants to seriously hurt or kill them is "legal". The same goes for those who were violently assaulted, and the families of those who were murdered by someone who probably won't even remember the crime.
And of course, something being "legal" automatically makes illegal traffic in that item disappear, because everyone will be happy and willing to pay the tax on the item, and pay for manufacturing, packaging, and distribution costs. The law of supply and demand will still apply. Hey, I buy store brand canned goods. Am I going to pay 50 bucks for a crack rock I can buy off some guy on the street for 15?
God help us if we ever have to live in that "Utopia".
DarkStar11
"...But Mona Lisa musta had the highway bluesYou can tell by the way she smiles..."
I just wish I had a dollar for every gun I wanted, then I'd be a rich man.
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If dishonorable men shoot unarmed men with army guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and not by general deprivation of constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
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If dishonorable men shoot unarmed men with army guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and not by general deprivation of constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
theft and child molestation legal and watch our crime rates drop like moths flying into a
bug zapper?"
You are comparing apples and oranges. I favor legalizing some "soft" drugs like marijuana for those over 18 and decriminalizing possession of all other drugs like California just did. Although drugs are not legal there no one can be put in jail for simple possession in California. That is a good approach.
Bruce
Shoot straight!
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SSG idsman75, U.S. ARMY
SSgt Ryan E. Roberts, USMC
Edited by - robsguns on 05/13/2002 13:22:12
On the other hand, "regular consumption of fairly large quantities" of controlled substances will nearly always guarantee a primary physical and psychological addiction which people will rob convenience stores to get the money to feed (and to avoid the severe symptoms of withdrawal). The majority of people react this way to the highly addictive drug group. These people also exhibit dangerous and inappropriate behaviors when under the influence.
The question is, do you want to legalize another much larger class of addicts than even alcoholics? The nature of crime would probably change from robberies to fatal accidents, but the overall crime picture would remain about the same or become worse with easy availability of unlimited quantities.
It makes more sense to deny the alcoholic class of drinkers alcohol than it does to legalize physically addictive substances and insure unlimited, cheap supplies to the addicted.
Smoking cigarettes falls into an entirely different class, not becuase it is not dangerous to the person who smokes or those who put up with it second-hand, but because it does not involve major mental impairment as do the other drugs under consideration.
No government made up of elected officials is going to legalize significant mental impairment. Organizations like MADD would have their rumps for brunch, and justifiably so. It could conceivably become like holding New Year's Eve every night of the year, on your drug of choice, around the country. The fallacy is that we imagine social use, people sitting in arm chairs having a smidgen of their favorite drug in their equivalent of a brandy snifter. But the drug doesn't stand for that. The drug equivalent of the social drinker doesn't exist in large numbers in real life. Anyone who treats heroin addicts will tell you they go from zero to near-overdose to get high in a very short time. And crack addicts go on binges that last days at a time, returning home in a condition that may call for paramedic services, or at least a gallon of wine to come down on.
It is my guess that most who favor legalization have either a) been in the minority that never seems to have (or admit to) a serious problem with a given drug, or b) haven't spent nearly enough time around detox centers to see the typical results, or c) are addicts themselves craving cheaper, better availability on the basis of rationalizations.
This is not to deny the list of advantages described above. It's just that the social problems far outweigh them in most experts minds (which the users are NOT, by the way -- the first thing to go after inhibitions is objective thinking).
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If dishonorable men shoot unarmed men with army guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and not by general deprivation of constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
Woods
How big a boy are ya?
That would go against the doctors opinions of PC these days, because they believe its not a lack of moral courage, or will power, its a disease, and has to be treated. The same doctors who believe guns are the cause of deaths, not the drug users and dealers who stold or appropriated them. Hmm. Makes you think maybe the doctors are the problem. DIE!!
SSgt Ryan E. Roberts, USMC
"Not as deep as a well, or as wide as a church door, but it is enough."