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Mr. Storm	May 3 2008, 02:38 AM
Child of Dust Posts: 1,069 Group: Members Member #127 Joined: November 23, 2006 Gender Guy Favorite Game Mass Effect Native Country United States of America	LollyWolly from a former druggie... its not worth all the problems that it would cause... people going to work high.. Employers can fire employees if they don't like the drugs they're taking. As for driving, I'll get to that in a bit. Naoko MJ, on the other hand, tends to lead into other drugs, like those drugs. Also bad. Lolly could vouch for me on this, I think. LollyWolly Yup I could vouch for you on that. Alcohol was one thing... but marijuana led to opiates which led to benzos which led to barbiturates which led to cocaine which led to dissociatives... and it goes on and on. The whole theory behind marijuana being a "gateway drug" is purely environmental and psychological. Trying marijuana does not biologically make you want to try other drugs. It might put you in a druggie environment or make you think you want to try more, but that's purely based on the person and can be controlled. Naoko Alcohol and cigarettes already pose a huge problem in our society. Alcohol is different from other drugs, as it's one of the very very few that can be done in moderation without much negative consequence (and can even possibly have a positive consequence in moderation). Even so, it's caused a hell of a lot of problems. Cigarettes aren't a problem at all. Alcohol is only a problem because DUI is such a light offense. DUI's current penalties should be dropped for something along the penalty lines of attempted murder, while a death caused by drunk driving should be murder. If you get behind the wheel while under the influence, you're basically saying you don't care if other people get hurt. Once people get thrown in jail for 20 years for driving under the influence of drugs/booze, and risk the death penalty/life without parole if they get in an accident, the effect of deterrence kicks in. Naoko Once they're legalized, it's not likely to be possible to make them illegal again, unless you want another prohibition-type period. Are you aware of the War on Drugs? We live in a prohibition-type period. People are dying to smuggle the crap over the border. Drug cartels are scary powerful because of the multi-billion dollar industry they're in charge of. And even if we take down a network, another one just pops right back up and takes it place. All we're doing right now is wasting law enforcement officers lives, and some druggies lives too cause of the dangers of a unregulated drug industry. Naoko If they're more wide-spread, addiction will obviously become a lot more wide-spread. And getting addicted to these things is nothing like getting addicted to cigarettes. You try to get off cigarettes, you get irritable and want to eat constantly. You try to get off crack, you pretty much go crazy in a lot of ways. I don't recommend it. So? It's like you're saying it's the government's business to go into people's lives and say how they can treat their body. It's not. If they wanna try drugs, they risk getting addicted. It sucks for them, but it's the consequence to their choices. The key word there is choice. We live in a free country. We rise and fall by our own choices and decisions. That's the foundation of our country. Naoko So basically, with the legalization of uber drugs like cocaine, what do we get? Lives filled with liberty and the pursuit of happiness, however they see fit.
	"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason and intellect has intended us to forego their use." - Galileo Galilei

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