end the "War on Drugs" Make them all legal..save the money ..tax their sale and treat it as a medical problem and not a legal one. The taxes would pay for the treatment and fill govt coffers.
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and just where do all us junkies get the money to afford the legal drugs ...
legal means more access..more access means more junkies..
more junkies means more crime..
so now we flood the already over crowded hospitals with more people who can't pay squat for medical care.
how about this ...we kill all the dealers when we catch them until there are no more dealers.
if ya smuggle drugs across the border and are caught we do the public hanging thing every Saturday..
admission is free .........
legal means more access..more access means more junkies..
more junkies means more crime..
so now we flood the already over crowded hospitals with more people who can't pay squat for medical care.
how about this ...we kill all the dealers when we catch them until there are no more dealers.
if ya smuggle drugs across the border and are caught we do the public hanging thing every Saturday..
admission is free .........
I like the idea......I also have a retail spot all picked out, right beside the Cemetery and County Jail......Location, location, location.....:0008
You know what, the saddest thing is is the reciprocal of gun control.
Guns and drugs don't kill people, people misusing them does. One is illegal and harder for "non- criminals" or the "good people" to find when they want to have some harmless recreational fun amongst friends, but easy for the criminals to find.
One is legal and a windfall of profit to the government and wealthy, and is considered by some as a necessary means of survival. The other is illegal, but the sane windfall and necessity. Accordingly, if it "makes sense" (which it doesn't) to arm everyone with guns so the "good people" can step up and stop crime, it must also make sense to arm the public with more drugs in order to stop the crime.
Yep, exact same arguments, reciprocal result. Stupid wins again.
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Guns and drugs don't kill people, people misusing them does. One is illegal and harder for "non- criminals" or the "good people" to find when they want to have some harmless recreational fun amongst friends, but easy for the criminals to find.
One is legal and a windfall of profit to the government and wealthy, and is considered by some as a necessary means of survival. The other is illegal, but the sane windfall and necessity. Accordingly, if it "makes sense" (which it doesn't) to arm everyone with guns so the "good people" can step up and stop crime, it must also make sense to arm the public with more drugs in order to stop the crime.
Yep, exact same arguments, reciprocal result. Stupid wins again.
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100% for legalization. Prohibition isn't worth the downsides it creates.
I prefer to decide what I put in my body. Not the government
I prefer to decide what I put in my body. Not the government
I'm pretty sure Gary Anderson the Libertarian candidate for President is running on that idea.
I think I can buy into it's a sickness but we have to first fix the way we treat all mental illness in the country. The poor souls taking prescription drugs under psych care are not much better off in a lot of cases.
I think I can buy into it's a sickness but we have to first fix the way we treat all mental illness in the country. The poor souls taking prescription drugs under psych care are not much better off in a lot of cases.
2 voices of reason.
I will get to my "take". Think SEX TOBACCO BOOZE. Will never stop them.....neither will we stop drug abuse. Christ sometimes i log in here and I swear i can smell the Booze coming thru my speakers......
I will get to my "take". Think SEX TOBACCO BOOZE. Will never stop them.....neither will we stop drug abuse. Christ sometimes i log in here and I swear i can smell the Booze coming thru my speakers......
reminds me of these remarks, decades ago, by Milton Friedman:
"You are not mistaken in believing that drugs are a scourge that is devastating our
society. You are not mistaken in believing that drugs are tearing asunder our
social fabric, ruining the lives of many young people, and imposing heavy costs
on some of the most disadvantaged among us. You are not mistaken in believing
that the majority of the public share your concerns. In short, you are not
mistaken in the end you seek to achieve.
Your mistake is failing to recognize
that the very measures you favor are a major source of the evils you deplore.
Of course the problem is demand, but it is not only demand, it is demand that
must operate through repressed and illegal channels. Illegality creates
obscene profits that finance the murderous tactics of the drug lords;
illegality leads to the corruption of law enforcement officials; illegality
monopolizes the efforts of honest law forces so that they are starved for
resources to fight the simpler crimes of robbery, theft and assault.
Drugs are a tragedy for addicts. But criminalizing their use converts
that tragedy into a disaster for society, for users and non-users alike.
Our experience with the prohibition of drugs is a replay of our experience
with the prohibition of alcoholic beverages."
"You are not mistaken in believing that drugs are a scourge that is devastating our
society. You are not mistaken in believing that drugs are tearing asunder our
social fabric, ruining the lives of many young people, and imposing heavy costs
on some of the most disadvantaged among us. You are not mistaken in believing
that the majority of the public share your concerns. In short, you are not
mistaken in the end you seek to achieve.
Your mistake is failing to recognize
that the very measures you favor are a major source of the evils you deplore.
Of course the problem is demand, but it is not only demand, it is demand that
must operate through repressed and illegal channels. Illegality creates
obscene profits that finance the murderous tactics of the drug lords;
illegality leads to the corruption of law enforcement officials; illegality
monopolizes the efforts of honest law forces so that they are starved for
resources to fight the simpler crimes of robbery, theft and assault.
Drugs are a tragedy for addicts. But criminalizing their use converts
that tragedy into a disaster for society, for users and non-users alike.
Our experience with the prohibition of drugs is a replay of our experience
with the prohibition of alcoholic beverages."
Pretty much sums up my thoughts.....How much have we spent on the "Wear on Drugs" w zero impact.
Where else cd that $$ have been used and what of all the Tax revenue legalization wd have generated.
I smoke cigars .. many of you enjoy "The Devils Brew" It's our choice. Both are taxed to the Hilt !!!!
Medical problem.. shd not be a legal one. Every drug convicted individual in prison costs well over $50,000 per year. Give em all $12,000/year ta survive on and save the rest or use it for treatment.
Lets put the "Cartels" out of business and back to picking fruit......
Good point.
I could live with legalizing drugs if the ones who illegally affect other peoples lives or they consume tax dollars from the U.S. taxpayers that would not have otherwise been consumed be killed immediately. Same goes for gun owners.
Just make everything legal, then we wont need any police, FBI,DEA, or border patrol. Make lying to congress legal too, the precedent has been set this week.
