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Originally posted by Blue10110
reply to post by ToolFanMael
The point is that we can't just let people get addicted to drugs. That's why the narcotics are illegal and addictive legal drugs need a prescription! It's the doctor's duty to not let his patients get addicted to drugs he prescribes. If you live in a country where doctors don't care then good luck.
But seriously. What's the point of this thread anyway??
What will the next thread be about? Why does alcohol have age limitations?
Originally posted by justamomma
Originally posted by nahsik
well for one thing they can kill you through overdosage.
They create problems for society.
What else..
drugs are illegal for the major reason of bringing in money. the money that is made off of ppl taking drugs illegally far exceeds what would be made were they legal. ppl having to pay fines etc and the money coming in to fight "the war on drugs" which is actually a "war on the ppl" not drugs.
i think smoking marijuana is better for ppl that being on anti depressants and/or pain meds that are far worse for your body and mind than the natural substitute.
Originally posted by secararahsia
how much time and money does it take to propagate and dry a weed?
now compare that to the process whereby a raw tobacco plant is transformed into something pleasurable to smoke, or the raw materials and processes involved in producing an alcoholic beverage
no comparison
Originally posted by ToolFanMael
you started off by saying all illegal drugs have the same negative side effects in your opinion
[edit on 22-7-2008 by ToolFanMael]
Originally posted by Blue10110
Every negative side effect of drugs is equal IMO
Art Bell interview of Terence McKenna 4/99
TM: Oh, well, this is a part of the drug problem. The hysteria on drugs has made so many different people and institutions crazy in so many different ways. On the general, larger question of hard drugs I’m quite despairing. So many people in institutions make money off the present mess, you know. The prison builders, the rehab people, the criminal syndicates, the bought-off cops, the paid-off judges. Everybody is making money on this racket that they pretend to wring their hands over.
AB: That’s absolutely correct. Heaven knows what the police would do if they couldn’t chase narcotics people. They would literally have about ten percent or at most twenty percent of their jobs left, and I think our prisons would be more or less about sixty or seventy percent empty, just compared to their present content.
TM: The courts would un-clog, and lawyers would have to find honest work
AB: (laughter) So, in other words, it’s never gonna happen.
TM: You got it, Art. (laughter)
AB: Yeah. Let me ask you a straight-out question. Why? In other words, what is it that our government, our elected leaders, our institutions can’t handle about people doing drugs?
TM: Very simply, drugs are, for mysterious reasons, deconditioning agents. And they cause people to question cultural values, and every political system on Earth is in the business of maintaining cultural boundaries. So it’s an implacable opposition, there, that’s not easily negotiated away. It’s a very brave, self-confident society that can legalize all drugs because it means that society is not afraid of looking in it’s closets and playing with a fair deck.
Originally posted by Blue10110
How often do we hear about ppl robbing a legal drug store? I haven't heard about this kind of robberies. Only hear about narcomaniacs robbing money for their next dose..
Originally posted by Blue10110
Originally posted by ToolFanMael
you started off by saying all illegal drugs have the same negative side effects in your opinion
[edit on 22-7-2008 by ToolFanMael]
I said that?
Originally posted by Blue10110
Every negative side effect of drugs is equal IMO
What I meant there that all the negative side-effects are equally bad.. not same side-effects.
And I didn't say that ALL of the prescription drugs are addictive..
Originally posted by ToolFanMael
Originally posted by Blue10110
Originally posted by ToolFanMael
you started off by saying all illegal drugs have the same negative side effects in your opinion
[edit on 22-7-2008 by ToolFanMael]
I said that?
Originally posted by Blue10110
Every negative side effect of drugs is equal IMO
What I meant there that all the negative side-effects are equally bad.. not same side-effects.
And I didn't say that ALL of the prescription drugs are addictive..
please clarify and what type of drugs are you talking about? all in general? or just scripts or just illegal... any 3 ways ya go that it's not accurate.....
no you said illegal drugs and the drugs doctors perscribe are completely different... and there not.. it doesnt matter if there perscription or illegal.. there all the same family of drugs... amphetmaines.. opiates.. hallcinogens.. benzo's even canabinoids the only difference is purity, availibility and cost/method to produce..
I never said that you said that all drugs are addicitve.. where did you get that from? im just asking for clarification of your statements because they're either very broad or do not make sense at all..
and even what you meant to say doesnt make sense.. all negative side effects of drugs are equal? are you kidding me? regardless of whether you're talking illegal or perscription drugs... illegal: Pots negative side effects compared to say Speeds negative side effects.. or perscription drugs? theres alot of comparisons to prove my point... anti-biotics have a whole spectrum of negative side effects that go from irritating to horrible... theres several different illegal street drugs I could use as examples.. for isntance.. Pot compared to Crystal Meth? yer telling me that those negative side effects comparitively speaking are equally bad???? how about Magic Mushroom compared to Pot? one can kill you or permanently mess you up... pot cant do that in an equal sense no way..
explain to me how the negative side effects are EQUALLY bad?
[edit on 23-7-2008 by ToolFanMael]
Originally posted by ToolFanMael
I never said that you said that all drugs are addicitve.. where did you get that from? im just asking for clarification of your statements because they're either very broad or do not make sense at all.
[edit on 22-7-2008 by ToolFanMael]