05-20-2003, 03:52 PM
Quote:Originally posted by MYLF
Now, I don't know anything about the stuff beyond what I read, but from what I hear, heroin is pretty addictive so you make it legal? I'm sorry, explain to me what good can come of making it legal, because I don't see the upside.
Nicotine is just as addictive of an agent as heroin. Cigarettes are legal.
Alcohol leads to many drunk driving deaths every year. And it has been proven that alcoholics are indeed addicted to alcohol yet...alcohol is legal.
Care to show me the upside there?
oh wait, that's right. We tax the shit out of it, choosing to ignore the fact that it has been determined time and time again that those two items kill people every year.
The gov'ment needs dem dollah dollah bills y'all.
But really, what is the problem? The alcohol itself? No. We already know what happens when you try banning alcohol.
It's the lack of inforcing responsible use of it that leads to problems like drunk driving and such.
Cigarettes? eh, theres warnings on the packages - if you get cancer from it - sucks to be you. Read the warnings next time, focker.
Again, with proper education - we wouldn't have a major drug problem...just a small one. There will always be substance abusers, this I'm aware of. However, if the majority of these drugs were robbed of its' "mystique", there would be far less curiosity about it and more understanding of the dangers of using such drugs.
Let the people see the ugliness of improper drug use and you'd be amazed how many people would be turned off from even trying them.
On the otherhand, don't punish the person that can do a line or two and/or smoke a joint and then still be able to be a productive member of society.
Just because I enjoy a beer or two at happy hour regularly on friday doesn't make me an alcoholic.
And damn it, I reserve the right to toke up in the privacy of my own home. Or while reading a book at the county park.
And if I occasionally wanted a line of coke to wake me up in the morning (instead of a cup of coffee which I do not drink...) does that make me a coke head?
Responsible/moderate use of any and all substances is the key. As president, I would push to teach that lesson to all of my fellow Americans...
[stands up, salutes the flag]