DM72 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2012/02/tony_bennett_whitney_houston.php I'm not sure legalizing drugs is the answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattFancy Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Yeah if anything, the deaths of Winehouse and Houston would encourage people to NOT legalize drugs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Yeah if anything, the deaths of Winehouse and Houston would encourage people to NOT legalize drugs. Or not to take them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCsportsfan53 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Yeah if anything, the deaths of Winehouse and Houston would encourage people to NOT legalize drugs. Exactly, just the same we solved the alcohol problem. Prohibition is a proven deterent and problem solver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enter Apotheosis Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Exactly, just the same we solved the alcohol problem. Prohibition is a proven deterent and problem solver. I'm calling it. Time of thread death: 11:20 AM, the moment the first stock line was played. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACW Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 First off, prohibition WORKING? :no: http://reason.com/blog/2012/02/12/did-the-drug-war-make-it-any-easier-for Here's a question for proponents of the drug war: Does prohibition - which demonstrably fails to keep illegal drugs out of the hands of people who want them - simply make it that much harder for people like Houston to admit and seek problems for their problems? Everyone knows that it's no easy thing for addicts or problem users of anything to admit they need help. Does criminalizing the behavior on top of everything else make it that much harder to for such people to seek the help they need? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattFancy Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 But ACW, there are plenty of people who suffer from alcoholism that are scared to get help too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterMP Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Whitney Houston has been in multiple different rehab/recovery programs. I doubt legalization vs. non-legalization would have affected her out come at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88Comrade2000 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 I'm not for legalization unless you still have the right to discriminate against drug users. You think I want to get on a plane,bus,train with someone who regularly uses cocaine? While legalization would solve the crime aspect, I think in reality drug use would increase. If it's legal; people will use more of it; all the time. I wouldn't hire a druggie. Here's what you can do- just designate one state as a legal drug state and all people who want to use drugs can live there. They would be locked in of course, with no chance to leave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsburySkinsFan Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 A lot of respect lost for Tony today. Legalization would not have helped Whitney...the drugs she was abusing were already LEGAL. ---------- Post added February-13th-2012 at 11:44 AM ---------- Exactly, just the same we solved the alcohol problem. Prohibition is a proven deterent and problem solver. And yet alcohol abuse is higher now than under prohibition...why because alcohol is much more accesible and cheaper today, ending prohibition just took alcohol out of the hands of the mobsters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhouse Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 I like the author's Hamsterdam reference. The Wire ftw! I don't see how legalizing drugs would help celebrity drug abusers. They have easy access to as if it's legal. But it will probably help reduce the violence that comes with drug dealing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
War Paint Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 I think it was TMZ that said no alcohol or illegal drugs were found in her hotel room; however, prescription drugs such as Xanax were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 I don't see how drug legalization would do anything to help celebrities. They already have easy access to both drugs and rehab/help. Houston didn't die because drugs were illegal she died because she was a drug addict. Addiction isn't something that only happens if something is illegal. There are plenty of alcoholics and smokers in this country. Legal and addicted all the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrifNick21 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 I'm 100% against the use of any drugs that's not prescribed, but I also believe reasons WHY people do use illegal drugs is because they're...illegal. If you tell someone not to do something, chances are they're going to go right ahead and do it. If I tell you to not think of a pink elephant, how many of you aren't thinking of a pink elephant right now? If there's any, you're a liar. Lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCsportsfan53 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 And yet alcohol abuse is higher now than under prohibition...why because alcohol is much more accesible and cheaper today, ending prohibition just took alcohol out of the hands of the mobsters. Trying to stop people from getting high (drunk, whatever you want to call it) is about the same as trying to stop people from ****ing. Just ask the Catholic church how that works. The bottom line is if you can't do anything to curtail the demand you're wasting your time messing with the supply, which is exactly what we've been doing for decades. One only has to look at Chicago during prohibition or Mexico right now and ask yourself, is all this worth trying to stop people from getting high, especially considering it doesn't even accomplish that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predicto Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 I'm in favor of drug legalization. Prohibition always fails and has huge collateral costs. Nevertheless, I don't see how this stance has much, if anything, to do with Whitney Houston's sad story. ---------- Post added February-13th-2012 at 11:49 AM ---------- ending prohibition just took alcohol out of the hands of the mobsters. That is a huge "just" as far as I am concerned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Botched Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 I've noticed a striking correlation between celebrities and drugs. I'm all for making celebrities illegal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@DCGoldPants Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 not sure how legalization would have changed anything. In her world, its not like she was doing that in an alley. It probably goes on in the Beverly Hilton.....and is as easy to get as room-service. I thought they hadn't released any results. No? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdcskins Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 The only positive of legalizing drugs, imo, is that clinics would be able to administer drugs in doses that are safer and give druggies less of a chance to overdose. It could also lessen the amount of dirty needles. And provide intervention. But yeah, drug abusers will get whatever they want regardless. Only way to stop doing it is to to have a good support system and to want to stop. I hate drugs I've seen it ruin friends and family and it stunted my progression as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsburySkinsFan Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 I'm in favor of drug legalization. Prohibition always fails and has huge collateral costs.Nevertheless, I don't see how this stance has much, if anything, to do with Whitney Houston's sad story. I agree that this has nothing to do with Whitney, if anything is a call for tighter controls not looser ones. That is a huge "just" as far as I am concerned. And yet the two are not equal in that even IF drugs are legalized in this country the will still be controls on them, which will make them just like the prescription drugs which are ALREADY being abused. No way do cocaine, heroin etc become unregulated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USS Redskins Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 I am very certain Whitney Houston used drugs like they were already legal. I dont think this is a good selling point for legalization. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsburySkinsFan Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 The only positive of legalizing drugs, imo, is that clinics would be able to administer drugs in doses that are safer and give druggies less of a chance to overdose. It could also lessen the amount of dirty needles. And provide intervention. And yet the clinics are now the main sources for prescription drug abuse. The logic that says legally aquited heroin will suddenly make people not do the things that heroin addicts do is absurd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdcskins Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 And yet the clinics are now the main sources for prescription drug abuse. The logic that says legally aquited heroin will suddenly make people not do the things that heroin addicts do is absurd. Well I did add that abusers will get whatever they want regardless, as in they can get their dose at the clinic then go home and do more. It is a stopgap intervention, eventually drugs win every time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumbo Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 I say, whatever Tony thinks is fine. On any topic, probably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACW Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 And yet alcohol abuse is higher now than under prohibition...why because alcohol is much more accesible and cheaper today, ending prohibition just took alcohol out of the hands of the mobsters.Which itself is a good reason for ending prohibition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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