Who here thinks Drugs should be legalized?

[M82A1]

Who here thinks Drugs should be legalized, and why?

Who here thinks Drugs should NOT be legalized, and why?

[dlemond]

That's a hard question for many reasons.

First off it is apparent to me that alcohol is as dangerous or even more so than marijuana. So it is hard to explain why one is legal and the other isn't. Plus all the drug traffic because of pot could be eliminated and tax money could made off a drug that people can get anyway almost anytime.

Now don't start with pot as a stepping stone.

If anything alcohol is the stepping the stone. Or anything that gets you a buzz the first time and makes you want to try more. That is just human nature or the nature of the person. Alcoholics still drink, you can't get around it. If pot was legal and alcohol wasn't you'd be having the same argument against legalizing alcohol.

BUT- if you make pot legal where does it end?

I can see why alcohol is legal and pot isn't. Alcohol has been a
prevelant part of society since prohibition (and a part of American life before that as well). I think in this case we keep alcohol legal because you have to have some intoxicant outlet and it looks like BOOZE GOT THERE FIRST.

And it WAS legal and THEN was taken away.

So in another sense we are allowed to have the one major intoxicant legal.

You are stuck with liquor as your legal drug, and lets face it, it's a drug.

If we make another legal it will go onto another fight . And there I don't know what to tell you.

You know what kind of nightmare it will be to regulate legalizing another drug?

This isn't your little Amsterdam or Holland you are talking about.
You are talking about the United States- which will not adjust to a major change like this oh so naturally.

The only good thing would be to get rid of drug dealers and their crime, murder, and havoc.

But you don't know what can of worms you may be opening.

[~Tropical Punch 19~]

hmm, that's tough. I mean I totally think drugs are wrong and stupid. However, most people in the US do them b/c they are illeagel. They feel they need them. Everyone wants what they can't have. Well it's leagl in Holland and they have a lesser problem with drugs there b/c it is legala nd people don't see the big deal. So it would be interesting to see what would happen here. However, I don't think we should take that risk, b/c what if we did react differently to the situation than Holland? Or what if you went to the restrooma nd instead of smelling like cigarettes (which is bad enough) it smelled like pot. So I don't think we should take that risk.

[Small Wonderian]

I think that drugs should not be legalized because of the effects that they're doing to people. They just have a lot more risks than benefits, but then again, what are the benefits, if any.

Marijuana is on the borderline. It can be used, but I don't think that it should be used.

The only exception to this would be alcohol, and since it is legal, as long as you're 21 and over, alcohol could have some benefits, science has proved a few. But, overuse, and we're back to having a lot more risks than benefits.

The point is that illegal drugs like cocaine, heroin, etc. should have no place being legalized for any reason.

Alcohol should also be limited in use, but it is never going to be fully taken away because the U.S. has tried that once before but it didn't work. The 18th amendment on prohibition was repealed by the 21st amendment, so that's why taking it away would never work, even today.

[cheers freak]

In my personal opinion Marijuana must be legalized. It is quite ridiculous that Marijuana is illegal when alcohol , the biggest drug killer in the world, is legal. I have a younger brother and two younger sisters that I worry about because of this issue. It is obvious that out of the three of them at least one of them is going to experiment with pot. If it were legalized this would not be a problem. It would be extremly safe to purchase it. If you buy from someone off the street they can be dishonest, violent individuals. Also the pot could be laced with other things such as cocaine, herione or anything else. If it were legalised they would be getting pure pot and not have to worry about viloence involved in the drug world. It would then be harmless experimentation no more harmfull than having a beer.

[cheers freak]

In my personal opinion Marijuana must be legalized. It is quite ridiculous that Marijuana is illegal when alcohol , the biggest drug killer in the world, is legal. I have a younger brother and two younger sisters that I worry about because of this issue. It is obvious that out of the three of them at least one of them is going to experiment with pot. If it were legalized this would not be a problem. It would be extremly safe to purchase it. If you buy from someone off the street they can be dishonest, violent individuals. Also the pot could be laced with other things such as cocaine, herione or anything else. If it were legalisedit would be safr, harmless experimentation. No more harmful than having a beer.

[M82A1]

Originally posted by cheers freak
In my personal opinion Marijuana must be legalized. It is quite ridiculous that Marijuana is illegal when alcohol , the biggest drug killer in the world, is legal. I have a younger brother and two younger sisters that I worry about because of this issue. It is obvious that out of the three of them at least one of them is going to experiment with pot. If it were legalized this would not be a problem. It would be extremly safe to purchase it. If you buy from someone off the street they can be dishonest, violent individuals. Also the pot could be laced with other things such as cocaine, herione or anything else. If it were legalisedit would be safr, harmless experimentation. No more harmful than having a beer.
It takes a quite a few beers to get drunk, but only one hit from a joint/bong to get high. but I do agree with you on the topic of safety when it comes to buying drugs.

[Brad]

Marijuana and mushrooms should be legalized, since they grow natuarally upon the planet, but everything else should stay illegal.

[laceyinthesky]

I think only marijuana should be legalized, but laws should be treated like those of alcohol (like driving under the influence). Any other drugs who could be harmful to the consumer should stay illegal.

[Kitt]

Originally posted by AKA
Marijuana and mushrooms should be legalized, since they grow natuarally upon the planet, but everything else should stay illegal. I'm basically staying out of this one for now. I had to drop in though and correct you about that. Opium poppies and coca leaves grow on the planet, same as marijuana and mushrooms. Opium and coca leaves, in there pure form, have been used for centuries. They're not as potent as the processed herione or processed cocaine, respectively, that they are the main ingredient of, but they are drugs.

[M82A1]

Originally posted by Kitt
I'm basically staying out of this one for now. I had to drop in though and correct you about that. Opium poppies and coca leaves grow on the planet, same as marijuana and mushrooms. Opium and coca leaves, in there pure form, have been used for centuries. They're not as potent as the processed herione or processed cocaine, respectively, that they are the main ingredient of, but they are drugs.
I was just about to say that!

[Sterling Holobyte]

No.
I read why on another thread:

A Malaysian man sliced off his own penis, then fried and ate it after taking hallucinatory pills that caused him to hear voices urging him to mutilate himself.

The 34-year-old man claimed he only realised what he had done when he saw blood oozing from his crotch, said a police spokesman in the town of Sitiawan, 190 miles north of Kuala Lumpur.

The man had taken hallucinatory pills before sleeping on Friday and awoke hearing voices telling him to chop off his genitals and devour it. He is now in a stable condition in hospital, the national news agency Bernama reported.

The man had recently been released from a drug rehabilitation centre.
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:D

[David]

No

[Kitt]

Originally posted by Sterling Holobyte
No.
I read why on another thread:

A Malaysian man sliced off his own penis, then fried and ate it after taking hallucinatory pills that caused him to hear voices urging him to mutilate himself.

The 34-year-old man claimed he only realised what he had done when he saw blood oozing from his crotch, said a police spokesman in the town of Sitiawan, 190 miles north of Kuala Lumpur.

The man had taken hallucinatory pills before sleeping on Friday and awoke hearing voices telling him to chop off his genitals and devour it. He is now in a stable condition in hospital, the national news agency Bernama reported.

The man had recently been released from a drug rehabilitation centre.
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:D So you are saying that because one dick cut of his dick drugs should be illegal to everyone else because the likely hood that they might cut off their dicks is .0000001%?

[Sterling Holobyte]

Originally posted by Kitt
So you are saying that because one dick cut of his dick drugs should be illegal to everyone else because the likely hood that they might cut off their dicks is .0000001%?
...uhh, it was a joke! When I saw this drug thread I thought of that news story that I saw on another thread and I put it here.

[laceyinthesky]

Originally posted by Kitt
So you are saying that because one dick cut of his dick drugs should be illegal to everyone else because the likely hood that they might cut off their dicks is .0000001%?

Actually the odds are probably smaller than that.

Besides.. what is the likelihood that smoking marijuana is going to make someone cut some body part of? Marijuana isn't much of a hallucinatory drug. More stupid things have happened from drinking alcohol, that doesn't make alcohol illegal.

[Kitt]

Originally posted by laceyinthesky
Actually the odds are probably smaller than that.

Yes they probably are, seeing how half the population doesn't even have a .... ;)

[laceyinthesky]

Originally posted by Kitt
Yes they probably are, seeing how half the population doesn't even have a .... ;)

:lol: true..

[BrandonS]

Generally I think that personal behavior that affects only the person who engages in it should not be regulated, unless there is a compelling reason to do so. On the other hand, if a lot of mind altering drugs were legalized, it might do harm to society. For example, it might result in large numbers of addicted persons. I guess I think that these things should be legal, but discouraged, to the extent that it could be done without harming society. It's not that I approve of the use of these drugs, because I don't approve of most of them. For me, it's more a civil liberties issue.