Drug Legalization?

[Arioch]

Umm...yes, yes I have heard of people getting behind the wheel high and killing people. Have you not seen the commercial where they are at the drive thru place and the little girl rides her bike in front of them? I happens all the time. Pot is exactly as dangerous as alchohol, and they have similar effects.

first of all, those commercials are the biggest crock of shit. The one with the girl going into the swimming pool? i mean come on, you could be doing ANYTHING while you werent watching her, that has nothing to do with anything.

And i didnt say it shouldnt be regulated. We should have antidriving while high laws, etc. of course. But we dont keep alcohol illegal ALLTOGETHER even though, drunk driving is the number one cause of all car-related fatalities:rolleyes: but your saying we should keep marijauna illegal COMPLETELY. its a double standard.

[Nate]

Originally posted by orangestar
Umm...yes, yes I have heard of people getting behind the wheel high and killing people. Have you not seen the commercial where they are at the drive thru place and the little girl rides her bike in front of them? I happens all the time. Pot is exactly as dangerous as alchohol, and they have similar effects.

Your just wrong.You obviously havent tried drinking or Marijuana to know what affects you more.Im not saying any drug should be leagle, all im saying is alcohol far and away impairs your ability to think and reason more then marijuana does so if alcohol is leagle why not marijuana to?Ya someone has marijuana in there system and they get in an accident you going to blame it on marijuana??So if someone eats a piece of turkey and gets in a car accident you going to blame it on that piece of turkey he ate??ya right.

Ive done enough of both to know that alcohol is much more dangerous just for the simple fact that you can go through 10 mood changes with that in an hours time.

[Rotting Eye]

Technically I'm not sure this is a fair debate.

Drugs have a variety of different affects, on different people. One person may say alcohol affects them more than pot does, or vise versa.

Some people who drink can have 10 beers before they're drunk, and some people it only takes 1. Some people wake up with a hangover, some don't.

Some people take LSD a couple times and get fucked up, some people take it hundreds and are still somewhat functioning.

It all depends on the person to as how much something affects them... So I still don't think this is a fair debate.

[fluffho]

Originally posted by bloodrayne
However, I also believe that alcohol, being just as addictive and dangerous as any other drug, if not more so...should also be illiegal...No one will agree with me on this one...That's fine, I'm not here to try to convert anyone...Only stating my opinion...

BTW...I am already aware of the many perils of prohibition, so we need not go there either:rolleyes: :)

believe it or not, i agree :D

i never was a fan of drinking, or drugs, or smoking. the main reasons people have told me why they do these things is 1) fun 2)bored 3)my life is so horrible this is the only thing i can do to make it even a little bit ok

... pathetic! ihave fun on my own and kick ass and when im sad i live with it and get over it. im not gonna rely on some chemical to have a good time. the worst though is parents driving SUVS and smoking with a kid in a carseat in back :mad:

[Arioch]

Your just wrong.You obviously havent tried drinking or Marijuana to know what affects you more.Im not saying any drug should be leagle, all im saying is alcohol far and away impairs your ability to think and reason more then marijuana does so if alcohol is leagle why not marijuana to?Ya someone has marijuana in there system and they get in an accident you going to blame it on marijuana??So if someone eats a piece of turkey and gets in a car accident you going to blame it on that piece of turkey he ate??ya right.

Ive done enough of both to know that alcohol is much more dangerous just for the simple fact that you can go through 10 mood changes with that in an hours time.

Exactly what im saying Nate, Exactly!

And that is also a very good point Rotting, you do have to take that into consideration.

[Angelakillsluts]

Overcrowded Jails, the people that belong in prison aren't held in prison because they are over crowded with drug related criminals. Leave the rapists, thieves, and murderers in jail.

Think of all the money we'd save if we just dropped the war on drugs?

Sure drugs are dangerous, but the most dangerous drug there is would be alcohol and what happened when alcohol was prohibited? Pretty much the same thing we have going on here with drugs.

Who's getting rich off the prohibition of drugs? Drug dealers.

I did a paper a few years ago on the legalization of drugs.

Bloodrayne: How can we not talk about the perils of prohibition while discussing prohibition? Should we only talk about the good that can possibly come of it?

"But...The only victim is NOT the person doing it...What about the people who love you, do you think they want to see you destroy yourself?...What about the children of parents who abuse drugs, and can't take care of them?"

Again with the anti-choice... We're two very different people :p. If we want to look at things like that. What about the kids of the drug dealers who only get fed if you buy drugs from their parents?

and i think it's important to add that I don't do drugs. lol

[Arioch]

Good point Angela, its all very subjective.

The war on drugs is pointless, we're still going to do drugs. Humans always have and always will, the only difference is whos getting rich off it.

[bloodrayne]

Originally posted by Angelakillsluts
Bloodrayne: How can we not talk about the perils of prohibition while discussing prohibition? Should we only talk about the good that can possibly come of it?
and i think it's important to add that I don't do drugs. lol

We need not discuss it, because we are all quite aware of it already...That was what I meant by that statement

Originally posted by Angelakillsluts
What about the kids of the drug dealers who only get fed if you buy drugs from their parents?

Well, I suppose if they can't find any other job:rolleyes:

What if the only way they could feed their kids was to rob liquor stores?:rolleyes:

I'm sorry...That point was just a little silly:)

[Angelakillsluts]

Originally posted by bloodrayne
We need not discuss it, because we are all quite aware of it already...That was what I meant by that statement



Well, I suppose if they can't find any other job:rolleyes:

What if the only way they could feed their kids was to rob liquor stores?:rolleyes:

I'm sorry...That point was just a little silly:)

It wasn't really a point. Read my post again. I said if we want to look at it like you look at it. It's should be your choice to do drugs, the emotional affects on people you know and the welfare of the drug dealers' childeren aren't arguments for saying "drugs hurt other people, which is why they should not be legalized"

[bloodrayne]

Originally posted by Angelakillsluts
It wasn't really a point. Read my post again. I said if we want to look at it like you look at it. It's should be your choice to do drugs, the emotional affects on people you know and the welfare of the drug dealers' childeren aren't arguments for saying "drugs hurt other people, which is why they should not be legalized"

Okay...However, that wasn't my argument for not legalizing drugs...It was to point out that children, who have parents that abuse drugs, are victims...It was an attempt to counter the statement, made by Arioch, that the abuser is the only victim of his/her abuse

Drugs 'R Bad...MmmKay?:)