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re: Would you support the legalization of all drugs in the US?
Posted on 6/6/20 at 9:10 am to WestCoastAg
Posted on 6/6/20 at 9:10 am to WestCoastAg
no!
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Posted on 6/6/20 at 9:22 am to Brightside Bengal
Don't have a problem with it....as long as you remove the safety nets.
You want to take the risks then you take the consequences.
Taxpayers shouldn't foot the bill for your poor life choices.
You want to take the risks then you take the consequences.
Taxpayers shouldn't foot the bill for your poor life choices.
This post was edited on 6/6/20 at 9:24 am
Posted on 6/6/20 at 9:24 am to Brightside Bengal
Yes...in exchange for welfare reform
Posted on 6/6/20 at 9:25 am to Brightside Bengal
All? Hell no
Weed? frick yes
Weed? frick yes
Posted on 6/6/20 at 2:23 pm to tigergirl10
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Why make it easier for people to have access to them?
Because what they do with their life is none of your business?
Posted on 6/6/20 at 2:25 pm to Brightside Bengal
Yes
Posted on 6/6/20 at 2:37 pm to EarlyCuyler3
We live in a society with a social contract. People have largely unlimited freedom but not unlimited liberty.
One can’t build a nuclear reactor or weapon in their backyard.
One can’t dump toxic waste into a creek on their property.
One - presently - cannot consume unlimited amounts of controlled medications or obtain dangerous chemicals of personal abuse.
Regardless of the danger to ones self it is a risk to society and the greater good.
Of course where that line is drawn is the debate in all free societies but I happen to agree that curtailing availability to these substances is a net positive.
I think you can draw a straight line between America’s more permissive attitude towards drugs and our horrific rates of overdose deaths and mental health disease.
One can’t build a nuclear reactor or weapon in their backyard.
One can’t dump toxic waste into a creek on their property.
One - presently - cannot consume unlimited amounts of controlled medications or obtain dangerous chemicals of personal abuse.
Regardless of the danger to ones self it is a risk to society and the greater good.
Of course where that line is drawn is the debate in all free societies but I happen to agree that curtailing availability to these substances is a net positive.
I think you can draw a straight line between America’s more permissive attitude towards drugs and our horrific rates of overdose deaths and mental health disease.
Posted on 6/6/20 at 3:17 pm to Brightside Bengal
No. I would support the legalization of all drugs in some island like Puerto Rico. All addicts would be quarantined there and unable to leave until they make it through a 12-month rehab program (and that program would be the only federal funding the entire island gets). Any businesses that wish to open for tourists to take advantage of the drug laws could do so but they would be on their own to provide security, infrastructure, etc.
Posted on 6/6/20 at 3:54 pm to Brightside Bengal
I would support it for a limited time so all of the junkies OD and die. Get them really going with some CIA fent
This post was edited on 6/6/20 at 3:55 pm
Posted on 6/6/20 at 3:55 pm to Brightside Bengal
All drugs should be legal. All crimes should have a victim and they should be punished severely
Posted on 6/6/20 at 4:07 pm to fallguy_1978
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All drugs should be legal. All crimes should have a victim and they should be punished severely
I can get behind decriminalizing possession of all drugs in “personal use” quantities. But there’s a special place in hell for heroin dealers, and they do have victims.
Posted on 6/6/20 at 4:29 pm to lostinbr
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I can get behind decriminalizing possession of all drugs in “personal use” quantities. But there’s a special place in hell for heroin dealers, and they do have victims.
Which ultimately lead back to the drug cartels. You aren't stopping anything baw. What's the point of it all?
Posted on 6/6/20 at 5:05 pm to ecb
quote:I don't know that there is one. People have always seeked intoxication. The only difference now is that chemistry has give us more options than we had in the past. All you can do is mitigate associated damage and clearly the WoD has failed spectacularly at that.
No, but the "war on drugs" has utterly failed. I don't have a solution.
Posted on 6/6/20 at 5:08 pm to Brightside Bengal
No to legalization.
Yes to decriminalization... even though I think it would be a net loss for a long time.
Legalization just means it will be in every store all over and serious druggies will ramp up crime due to going broke and having to get money any which way they can to get their fix.
However, I do believe the government has no business telling me what I can and cannot put into my body.
Yes to decriminalization... even though I think it would be a net loss for a long time.
Legalization just means it will be in every store all over and serious druggies will ramp up crime due to going broke and having to get money any which way they can to get their fix.
However, I do believe the government has no business telling me what I can and cannot put into my body.
Posted on 6/6/20 at 5:13 pm to fallguy_1978
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Which ultimately lead back to the drug cartels. You aren't stopping anything baw. What's the point of it all?
Do you think we should eliminate the FDA?
Posted on 6/6/20 at 5:15 pm to fallguy_1978
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All crimes should have a victim and they should be punished severely
So no more DUIs until you hit someone or their property?
Posted on 6/6/20 at 8:58 pm to m2pro
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Legalization just means it will be in every store all over and serious druggies will ramp up crime due to going broke and having to get money any which way they can to get their fix.
Crime will go down sharply because there will be competition among companies to enter the market. Crime is high with drugs because it's forced to the black market which leads to higher prices and violent crime.
Fear of increased crime and increased addiction and whatever is are talking points given by politicians and their backers. Why? Because the government has stolen BILLIONS from citizens vis the drug war. Asset forfeiture is absurd and a lucrative venture for the government.
Edit: Don't even get me started on the unethical private for-profit prison system and the judges that are incentivized to send people there. They should be lined up and shot.
This post was edited on 6/6/20 at 9:02 pm
Posted on 6/6/20 at 8:59 pm to Brightside Bengal
YES
Posted on 6/6/20 at 9:10 pm to redbaron
quote:I agree and that is unfortunate.
I don’t think America has the stomach for that degree of laissez faire regarding personal rights; if it did we wouldn’t have had any support for these lockdowns.
America operated under that degree of personal and economic laissez-faire in the late 1800's up to 1910. Not a coincidence, that was the time in which the United States went from mediocre regional power to a world power.
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