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Doug5 · 02-16-2008, 03:04 AM

weed should be legal for adults.

its understandable that some people hate the smoke. Its similar with cigar smokers but you dont put them in jail.

All drugs should be legal, especially heroin. If it was legal itd only cost an addict a couple of dollars a day to use. Theyd have no reason to steal, and believe it or not its possible to function on smack and hold down a job.

Dont blame drugs for some loser's behavior. Ive known some of these people and they were fuck ups b4 they ever did drugs. Take the drugs away and theyll start huffing airplane glue or gold enamel paint. Hell, theyll even choke themselves for a headrush. Dont let the actions of these fools dictate public policy. You cant protect everyone.

The arguments about addiction and collatoral damage are moot. Alcohol harms and kills thousands of innocent bystanders every year. You got the wife/child abusing drunk and drunk drivers killing people. And the majority of criminals were under the influence while commiting their crimes. Dahmer was an alcoholic. No one tries to make a ridiculous leap with blaming his alcoholism for him being a serial killing cannibal.

Anyways, besides all that, prohibition was tried and it failed to stop people from drinking. Instead it made criminals richer and made drinking riskier. With no one to regulate the purity, bad booze would kill or blind a bunch of people.

Lets talk about addiction. There are few casual cigarette smokers. The majority are addicted and cannot go a day without their smokes. They know eventually its gonna kill them but they keep smoking. The warning labels on the pack is little detereant.

So there you have it. The two legal recreational drugs causing much harm and addiction. Then when theres any discussion about legalizing weed or other drugs, they are held to ridiculously unachievable standards of safety. If one person dies from it or is harmed by someone who uses it, legalization becomes unthinkable.

Over the counter medicine like aspirin and tylenol kill thousands every year and it continues to be sold. There are risks with everything. Driving a car, flying, can result in death. People have died from drinking too much water. There are risks to everything.

02-16-2008, 03:04 AM	#144 (permalink)
Doug5 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 227	weed should be legal for adults. its understandable that some people hate the smoke. Its similar with cigar smokers but you dont put them in jail. All drugs should be legal, especially heroin. If it was legal itd only cost an addict a couple of dollars a day to use. Theyd have no reason to steal, and believe it or not its possible to function on smack and hold down a job. Dont blame drugs for some loser's behavior. Ive known some of these people and they were fuck ups b4 they ever did drugs. Take the drugs away and theyll start huffing airplane glue or gold enamel paint. Hell, theyll even choke themselves for a headrush. Dont let the actions of these fools dictate public policy. You cant protect everyone. The arguments about addiction and collatoral damage are moot. Alcohol harms and kills thousands of innocent bystanders every year. You got the wife/child abusing drunk and drunk drivers killing people. And the majority of criminals were under the influence while commiting their crimes. Dahmer was an alcoholic. No one tries to make a ridiculous leap with blaming his alcoholism for him being a serial killing cannibal. Anyways, besides all that, prohibition was tried and it failed to stop people from drinking. Instead it made criminals richer and made drinking riskier. With no one to regulate the purity, bad booze would kill or blind a bunch of people. Lets talk about addiction. There are few casual cigarette smokers. The majority are addicted and cannot go a day without their smokes. They know eventually its gonna kill them but they keep smoking. The warning labels on the pack is little detereant. So there you have it. The two legal recreational drugs causing much harm and addiction. Then when theres any discussion about legalizing weed or other drugs, they are held to ridiculously unachievable standards of safety. If one person dies from it or is harmed by someone who uses it, legalization becomes unthinkable. Over the counter medicine like aspirin and tylenol kill thousands every year and it continues to be sold. There are risks with everything. Driving a car, flying, can result in death. People have died from drinking too much water. There are risks to everything.