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Quote: from Dr Rose at 8:24 am on May 2, 2008
 Quote: from aphex twin at 8:23 am on May 2, 2008
The world would be a better place. 
You must be joking?
No more street gangs, crime syndicates, drug cartels, or narcoterrorist. Various cultures around the world would no longer be suppressed. Currently illegal drugs could be regulated and taxed, making them safer to use, cheaper, and a lot of money would be generated through taxes. Addicts could receive proper treatment, and wouldn't have to resort to property crimes and violent crimes to support their habit. Drugs like MDMA, LSD, ibogaine, and cannabis could be used for their powerful therapeutic effects. The well over $100 billion a year that comes from tax revenue that is used in the futile drug war could be put to better use. Violent criminals wouldn't get their sentence shortened to make room for nonviolent drug-related criminals. And fully functioning and contributing members of society wouldn't have their lives ruined over getting caught with a small amount of a scheduled substance.
Keeping drugs illegal causes a lot more problems than if they were legal.
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palepalepeach
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Some drugs may not pose much of a problem, but others might. My knowledge of drugs is limited so I don't know exactly, but I thought that some drugs, maybe like heroin, idk, are a lot more addictive and harmful, and I thought I heard that some can induce violence in people. Also, do you mean that even prescription drugs would be available to anyone who wanted them? I'm sure this would make it easier to get drugs people try to abuse as it is, like Ritalin, but I think it would also lead some people skip seeing the doctor when they're ill and self-medicate... and people wouldn't always know what they were doing :P I don't know if legalizing any drug makes it more likely that people will use it. Does someone know this? Tell me. I've seen a British public tv thing exploring what things might be like if all drugs were legal, you could probably search for it on youtube. It was interesting. Penn and Teller have an episode of Bullshit exploring the topic also.
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Acustico23
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Quote: from Dr Rose at 9:48 am on May 3, 2008
Quote: from MushroomSatsujin at 9:40 am on May 2, 2008
Quote: from Dr Rose at 8:24 am on May 2, 2008
Quote: from aphex twin at 8:23 am on May 2, 2008
The world would be a better place.
You must be joking?
Im not. It would be way better. Think of it, if drugs were legalized and regulated, this frees up our prison system for real criminals, and takes money away from drug dealers like the cartels or the many American gangs. Also we could use them for our advantage. Marijuana for its many industrial uses, and medicinal values. MDMA for its therapudic purposes. ect. ect This wouldnt cause chaos but it would take time getting used too, like all things.
Okay then what's the point from keeping it illegal?
Control. There are corporate entities out there that would lose a lot of revenue or be destroyed if a drug like marijuana was legalized. Our government has been teaching and brainwashing misconceptions for decades upon decades, eliminating the millions of years in human nature that drug use was accepted, tricking you into thinking your doing something wrong. Think about it, marijuana and LSD are schedule 1 narcotics, which mean our government doesn't recognize them to have any medical or research value. Thats a joke, because they clearly do. Its also intresting that these two drugs were the main drugs used by the counter culture in the 60's. Perhaps our gov't would like to prevent mass protests and rebellion for future wars like Vietnam.
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Lizzie2007
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Quote: from Skip at 10:14 am on May 2, 2008
people would live intoxicated
pretty much
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Xusk
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No need to speculate since all drugs were legal at one time. But it will be alot different since prohibition basically advertises, putting unknown drugs into the public view. What I will say is certain drugs would finally be used for medical purposes like they either started or didn't and alot of other drugs would be fazed out since alternatives and the supply would be there. The gateway drug as of now is prohibition, when the supply is gone, alternatives are seeked. All the other factors are no brainers, less crimes, more people working, less corrupt cops, a more independent smarter society, more development since every major advancement we have had has been drug influnced(computer, internet, cellphone, T.V., music, so on) people potentially living longer. The list could go on, society wouldn't be any worse then it already is.
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Quote: from Xusk at 12:51 am on May 4, 2008
No need to speculate since all drugs were legal at one time. But it will be alot different since prohibition basically advertises, putting unknown drugs into the public view. What I will say is certain drugs would finally be used for medical purposes like they either started or didn't and alot of other drugs would be fazed out since alternatives and the supply would be there. The gateway drug as of now is prohibition, when the supply is gone, alternatives are seeked. All the other factors are no brainers, less crimes, more people working, less corrupt cops, a more independent smarter society, more development since every major advancement we have had has been drug influnced(computer, internet, cellphone, T.V., music, so on) people potentially living longer. The list could go on, society wouldn't be any worse then it already is.
Are you taking into account what the effects that some drugs can do to a person?
In NZ, methamphetamine or P is a pretty big underground drug. There have been lots of cases of people on "p" rampages in our News. A truck driver going beserk on the road i think? and someone attacking a person with a sword and various murders by people on this drug.Something like this could be a big problem in a country like the US, as you guys have much easier access to firearms and the sort.
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Xusk
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Quote: from Lepperking at 1:14 am on May 4, 2008
Are you taking into account what the effects that some drugs can do to a person?
In NZ, methamphetamine or P is a pretty big underground drug. There have been lots of cases of people on "p" rampages in our News. A truck driver going beserk on the road i think? and someone attacking a person with a sword and various murders by people on this drug.Something like this could be a big problem in a country like the US, as you guys have much easier access to firearms and the sort. Im very aware of what drugs, in general, can and will do to some people if they CHOOSE to abuse them. Not all drugs are for everyone and people need to take responsiblity for there actions. The information is out there on alot of drugs and even more would be with actual information(not propaganda) if they were legal since it would open up easier research and studies to be done on them since as of now you have to get them approved through the D.E.A. and whatever else which could take years if ever. But like I already said, certain drugs would be fazed out with so many other alternatives that may or may not be any healthier then the other. But that's why you have that amazing thing called a human brain, you can choose what to do and think about your actions and research what your taking before doing them. Killing someone is a crime, rapeing someone is a crime, robbing someone is a crime, but choosing to personally injest something is NOT a crime whatever they may want to orally take or smoke or inject whatever there route chooses to be is, has and will NEVER be a crime. It's sad to think we can probably legally eat cow poo but if you happen to eat the fungus that grows on it, your going to JAIL! But there will always be restrictions, everything has rules. Whether it be age restrictions to not being able to do certain drugs in public view since not all drugs are the same, so OK in the Home BAD at the mall. To trying to limit it, whatever it is it will not work for someone who wants to get high no matter what, just like it is now. You choose to abuse the drug, the drug does not choose to abuse you. Responsibility and moderation is key. BTW, that example made me laugh since it's one person, who happen to be high and be a idiot. Idiots are all around us, you just can't stop them and you'll always have casualties. A good example of that is the drug war, compare the millions and millions of people who have been arrested for drug "crimes" only. There the ones over crowding the jails and prisons across the world, not idiots like your example. He wanted to be high, he wanted to kill people. All decisions HE wanted to do, which IMO I think it's irrelevant if he was high or not. He killed someone(or they) and happen to be high, ok. Send his ass to PRISON! 23 hours in, 1 outside, the box, whatever they call it. And if anyone else chooses to be high and then do stupid shiz, let them be punished too, this has nothing to do with drug legalization. That's just responsibility. People die daily, people kill people daily, the cycle wouldn't change for the worse. If anything, they'd be lower since more people would be happy. How society is as a whole would definitely slowly change, outside the box would definitely be the norm. More people would actually THINK. The bottom line no matter the outcome which is above anything else, it's your right to ingest whatever you'd like. What you do, is your own business when it comes to doing something to yourself. Post edited at 3:38 am on May 4, 2008 by Xusk
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