AsburySkinsFan Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Which itself is a good reason for ending prohibition. Yet, as stated whe Prosperity replied in the same manner, legal drugs are STILL being controlled by the mobsters. Fewer number of addicts and in the hands of mobsters Or Greater number of addicts with the mobsters controlling the script mills. Surely there is a third option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade7 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Legalizing highly addictive and destructive drugs is not the way to go. Society wouldn't stand a chance... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GibbsFactor Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Legalizing highly addictive and destructive drugs is not the way to go. Society wouldn't stand a chance... Eh... I call it survival of the fittest. People can get these drugs now. And once they know how to get them, it's much easier and perhaps cheaper than if they were legal and regulated. Plus, we'd be able to tax them instead of spending billions trying to rid them. It's futile. ---------- Post added February-13th-2012 at 03:00 PM ---------- Yet, as stated whe Prosperity replied in the same manner, legal drugs are STILL being controlled by the mobsters.Fewer number of addicts and in the hands of mobsters Or Greater number of addicts with the mobsters controlling the script mills. Surely there is a third option. So Pfizer and Johnson and Johnson are the mob now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade7 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Eh... I call it survival of the fittest.People can get these drugs now. And once they know how to get them, it's much easier and perhaps cheaper than if they were legal and regulated. Plus, we'd be able to tax them instead of spending billions trying to rid them. It's futile. No, it's giving up and being out of touch with reality. It's illegal to get some drugs like meth, crack, and heroin, yet they can be found and people are killing each other and stealing to get them. This segment of society is very small, but addicts are a magnet for violent crimes and disorderly conduct. Making these drugs avaliable in a freakin walmart is going to significantly increase this number initially, and we've shown how hard it is to get those people unaddicted. Survivial of the fittest, huh? Did you see what the crack epidemic did even though crack was illegal? And you want to legalize it? Open up the market for future highly destructive and addictive drugs in the interest of raising tax revenue? You'll end up spending all that made money on new prisions and rehabilitation programs/centers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsburySkinsFan Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 So Pfizer and Johnson and Johnson are the mob now? I'm just going to assume that you're just ignorant about the prescription drug abuse problem in this country not to mention the people behind the growing epidemic. If you seriously think that these script mills are popping up all on their own then you really need to start learning about this problem...and the fact that you actually think I'm talking about Pfizer or Johnson & Johnson shows me one of two things...a) you're trolling....or you just don't know what you're talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special K Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Someone should inform that dumb**** that the drugs those stars OD'd on are LEGAL. And Amy Winehouse supposedly died of a alcohol-withdrawl seizure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsfan1993 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Someone should inform that dumb**** that the drugs those stars OD'd on are LEGAL. And Amy Winehouse supposedly died of a alcohol-withdrawl seizure. THANK YOU! Alcohol is legal, yet how many have died or had drama from it? Legalizing drugs just means it's easier to get, and taxable. It won't stop a junkie being a junkie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM72 Posted February 13, 2012 Author Share Posted February 13, 2012 Someone should inform that dumb**** that the drugs those stars OD'd on are LEGAL. And Amy Winehouse supposedly died of a alcohol-withdrawl seizure. Old people should never be given a mic to voice their opinions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostofSparta Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Hey, Christopher Hitchens died a couple of months ago; ergo, we should legalize pot. Comedian Patrice O'Neal died recently, so we need to legalize cocaine. Andy Rooney died? Gotta legalize opium, obviously. Oh, and let's not forget Osama Bin Laden's death last year, we should totally legalize meth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grhqofb5 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Hey, wait a second. Alcohol is legal and look at all the problems it causes. The only rational thing to do is legalize everything. And get rid of age restrictions too, because those just create a pre-teen criminal underworld devoted to obtaining and reselling these substances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special K Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Old people should never be given a mic to voice their opinions. Or keys to a motor vehicle. Hey, Christopher Hitchens died a couple of months ago; ergo, we should legalize pot. Comedian Patrice O'Neal died recently, so we need to legalize cocaine. Andy Rooney died? Gotta legalize opium, obviously. Oh, and let's not forget Osama Bin Laden's death last year, we should totally legalize meth. I think opium goes better with Osama bin Laden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostofSparta Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I think opium goes better with Osama bin Laden. Yeah, but that was too easy. Sometimes you gotta break stereotypes, ya know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Tony, Using a death to push one's agenda... classy ---------- Post added February-13th-2012 at 07:42 PM ---------- Old people should never be given a mic to voice their opinions. Another person against Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich's candidacies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojobo Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 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. Pretty sure your allowed to discriminate against alcoholics (or at least you should be able to). I'm sure you don't want to get on a plane, bus, train with someone who is constantly drunk. Just because drugs would be legal doesn't mean you don't have the right to not hire them. (just for the record while I agree legalizing drugs is for the best, using someones death to promote a point of view is wrong and stupid... the debate should be logistical not emotional) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsburySkinsFan Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 just for the record while I agree legalizing drugs is for the best, using someones death to promote a point of view is wrong and stupid... the debate should be logistical not emotional) Not to mention the fact that if it is going to be logical then it needs to make sense, because this use of Whitney and Winehouse is anything but a case for legalization, instead they serve as a case for the fact that legalization will not solve the problem of drug abuse, in fact just the opposite, legalize drugs and we'll lose MORE Whitneys and Amy's not fewer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsHokieFan Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 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. You already CAN do that. Most jobs, even working at the Sports Authority, requires a drug test before you are officially hired. I don't see why that would change Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prosperity Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 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. Pretty much no law would have saved her Loving friends and family could help, but even then some folks can't help by self destruct when addicted ---------- Post added February-14th-2012 at 02:53 PM ---------- Not to mention the fact that if it is going to be logical then it needs to make sense, because this use of Whitney and Winehouse is anything but a case for legalization, instead they serve as a case for the fact that legalization will not solve the problem of drug abuse, in fact just the opposite, legalize drugs and we'll lose MORE Whitneys and Amy's not fewer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjfootballer Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 His heart wasn't the only thing he left in San Francisco. Looks like he left his brain also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMS Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 God save us from the logic of entertainers... The logic to legalize drugs is clear... 80% of our violent crime, 90% of our prison population, Billions in foreign aid, not to mention billions more in lost tax revenue and the destabilization of central america who's price we have yet to fully address all guide one to legalize question... The deaths of celebrities who have the funds to yeild easy access to drugs already is really a small microcosm of the losses the legalization argument frankly overweighs for those who favor legalization. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predicto Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 His heart wasn't the only thing he left in San Francisco. Looks like he left his brain also. Actually, Tony is singing for free today at City Hall, right across the street from me. Imma go check it out and offer him a doobie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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