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 Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 9:54 pm
Having a father who died of cocaine addiction, this is a pretty touchy subject for me. However, I agree with you on most things. I believe that drugs should be made legal, and people should be educated. However, things aren't always as clean-cut and simple as that.
While legalizing drugs would be very profitable to the country's economy and would stop a lot of the violence, it would also make it easier for people to get them and support people slowly killing themselves, which is why it's illegal in the first place.
Being an addict, you don't care about your family, friends, let alone yourself. Talking to an addict is like talking to a wall. Most people these days are educated about drugs. We all know that if you snort cocaine or shoot up some heroin, you have the potential to get addicted. Being educated has nothing to do with it.
A lot of the glamor would fade if drugs were made legal, I'm sure. And that could, and would probably keep some from trying drugs. But once you're an addict, you're always an addict. Drugs are harmful, that's why they're regulated and illegal. So, really it's a lose:lose situation. Either way people become addicts, no matter how regulated.
That's reality.
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Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 11:40 pm
I say rather than criminalizing drug use, we should focus our forces on those making/growing drugs. Those addficted should be treated as a medical condition.
and as for marijuanna, that stuff is no worse for you than cigarrettes, You can easily grow marijuanna, but you can not easily grow tobacco in your own back yard, so companies can monopolize on cigarettes, but not marijuanna. that is why is was made illegal. to feed the monopolies.
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Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:04 pm
I think the government knows exactly what they're doing when it comes to drugs...it circulates money in the economy. That's all that matters to them.
They can't tax it, so they can't sell it, but they still want the circulation to occur.
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Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 4:06 am
KamikazeSkies I think the government knows exactly what they're doing when it comes to drugs...it circulates money in the economy. That's all that matters to them. They can't tax it, so they can't sell it, but they still want the circulation to occur. sure they can tax it. just like alcohol. alcohol can be made in the home, the easiest of which is beer and wine, and that didnt stop them from taxing it. even pot. if the govt came up with a superior strain, most people would likely rather buy it than grow their own. heh, and they definately have the scientists to do it! home grown pot generally isnt all that potent unless you use hydroponics which can be expensive to do. so they could make it more economical to get good stuff commercially.
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Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:49 pm
Calypsophia KamikazeSkies I think the government knows exactly what they're doing when it comes to drugs...it circulates money in the economy. That's all that matters to them. They can't tax it, so they can't sell it, but they still want the circulation to occur. sure they can tax it. just like alcohol. alcohol can be made in the home, the easiest of which is beer and wine, and that didnt stop them from taxing it. even pot. if the govt came up with a superior strain, most people would likely rather buy it than grow their own. heh, and they definately have the scientists to do it! home grown pot generally isnt all that potent unless you use hydroponics which can be expensive to do. so they could make it more economical to get good stuff commercially. Haha, you seem to know alot about dro. XD I mean the other things, such as heroin, LSD, and angel kiss. You know, the harder things besides just pot. By the way, pot isn't necessarily addictive. It's just like cigarettes, some people get addicted, others don't.
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Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 4:05 am
KamikazeSkies Calypsophia KamikazeSkies I think the government knows exactly what they're doing when it comes to drugs...it circulates money in the economy. That's all that matters to them. They can't tax it, so they can't sell it, but they still want the circulation to occur. sure they can tax it. just like alcohol. alcohol can be made in the home, the easiest of which is beer and wine, and that didnt stop them from taxing it. even pot. if the govt came up with a superior strain, most people would likely rather buy it than grow their own. heh, and they definately have the scientists to do it! home grown pot generally isnt all that potent unless you use hydroponics which can be expensive to do. so they could make it more economical to get good stuff commercially. Haha, you seem to know alot about dro. XD I mean the other things, such as heroin, LSD, and angel kiss. You know, the harder things besides just pot. By the way, pot isn't necessarily addictive. It's just like cigarettes, some people get addicted, others don't. I'm 37 and did a lot in my day, so yeah I'd say I know my fair share about drugs. what the other guy was saying was that since pot IS so easy to grow (it is a weed, it can grow anywhere) it would be harder for the govt to get a handle on it. as far as other, harder drugs it would be even easier for them to regulate and tax. pot is not chemically addictive. it can be, however, somewhat psychologically addictive (tho not for everyone), but since it's not chemically someone who stops cold turkey wont go into convulsions or have any kind of physical withdrawls. in fact, since it's not chemically addictive, and most generally dont smoke a pack of 20 joints in a day or more, I'd say that pot is actually better than cigarettes. no one has ever been known to die from marijuana directly or indirectly, unlike cigarettes and alcohol.. which as we know, are legal.
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Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 10:47 pm
I think that legalizing drugs would help solve some of the problems but not with addicts. If you legalized the lighter drugs the heavier stuff would become more popular. If the government was to legalize Mary Jane they could not only Tax it as best as possible but they could also begin growing hemp, which could replace trees for paper and a few other things as well.
As for Drug addicts not all of them are addicted to illegal drug, some are addicted to prescription drugs. I know a friend who got into a bad accident and got addicted to her pain meds. Though it was not illegal she still became addicted to them, and because the doctors continued to give her these drugs for the pain she OD at one point. She may have survived it but she still suffers from withdraw some times.
I believe that there is no solution the problem of addicts, but that they should not be punished for their problems.
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Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 5:34 pm
Hmmm...I don't really think it's a bad thing, depending on the drug. I personally have no beef with drug users. They were my main sorce of income in high-school. I made at the most $500 one day(it was one guy too, but I don't recomend you spending that much on anything. Say no to drugs....*lol* No really.
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