Posted on 08/19/2003 5:05:43 AM PDT by AppyPappy
You honestly believe that legalizing drugs will not unleash a whole flood of new social programs designed to aid teen, minority, women, senior, family, and employee "victims" of drug abuse? The left just can't wait for the day drugs are legalized so that they can set up more worthless programs designed for the sole purpose of raking money out of the public's pockets.
The day heroin is legalized is the day the Federal Needle Exchange Program goes into effect. The day marijuana is legalized is the day the Feds begin subsidizing the pot farmers of the Pacific Coast.
Is this cynical? Maybe. Is this accurate? You know that this is precisely what will happen.
Do I care about the rights of recreational drug users? Well, if it came down to having lunch with someone smoking medical marijuana for his bad knee or a pedophile I'd probably go with the pot smoker. Other than that, ignoring the violated rights of drug users is pretty high up on my list of priorities....
Got to draw a line somewhere. The camel's nose is already under the tent. I don't want anymore of him getting in, but if you think you're gonna get that portion of him out of the tent that's already in then you're crazy.
And those who think they can get the illegal-drug-use part of his nose out of the tent are just as crazy.
Correct. I just don't want the legal drug use part of his nose in the tent, too.
New programs? Nonsense---where are the existing programs specifically aiding alcohol users?
By how much do you think relegalization would increase drug use, and by how much do you think that increased use would increase government spending?
"First they came for the Jews. I was silent. I was not a Jew. Then they came for the Communists. I was silent. I was not a Communist. Then they came for the trade unionists. I was silent. I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for me. There was no one left to speak for me." - Martin Niemöller
At the Federal level I'm sure the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare has terrific ways of spending federal tax dollars on alcohol awareness programs for pregnant teens, etc, etc, etc....
Legalization would increase drug use 0% and increase government spending 1000%.
I was in traffic court last week and heard DUI case after DUI case referred to some type of repeat offender program, youthful offender diversion program, court mandated alcohol abuse awareness program, etc., etc.
That's not aid for boozers---it's a search for a cheaper and/or more effective way to protect the rest of us from boozers.
The State mandates warning labels, on alcohol's harmful effects, on alcoholic beverages and that warnings be posted on any establishment serving alcohol.
That's not aid for boozers, either. And how much do you think those mandates cost the government (us), anyway?
At the Federal level I'm sure the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare has terrific ways of spending federal tax dollars on alcohol awareness programs for pregnant teens, etc, etc, etc....
That's not aid for boozers, either. And I'll bet they also already have such programs for illegal drugs---so keeping them illegal yields no savings.
You don't have any habits/vices that may one day attract the government's disfavor? No fatty foods? No rock-climbing or other hazardous hobbies?
OK.
and increase government spending 1000%.
How? Why?
It's a waste of money, based on the number of repeat offenders who've been through the various programs without success....
I didn't mention our County funded mental health facility (1/2 the benefactors are alcoholics) or our County funded Alcohol Rehab Center....
It's a waste of money, based on the number of repeat offenders who've been through the various programs without success....
You could very well be right---but the point remains that such programs are not aid for substance users.
I'll bet a number of the beneficiaries are illegal drug users---so no new programs from drug relegalization there.
or our County funded Alcohol Rehab Center....
Are you sure your county doesn't also fund a drug rehab center?
So you're conservative when it suits you?
Damn right! I'm practical if nothing else.
I'm sure they do. And when they legalize drugs the county will be sure to include additional funding in their budget for gay, lesbian, and transgendered people of color who abuse drugs. And of course, in CA, we must have funds for full color, glossy, bi-lingual brochures announcing to the illegal immigrant community that drugs in CA are now legal, and that anyone who has had a problem with drug abuse or addiction in the past (but was afraid to see anyone about the problem for fear of being arrested or deported) is now free to seek taxpayer funded assistance in the form of detox, rehab, counseling, vocational training, and career placement services....
I'm sure they do.
Then drug relegalization will yield no new program there.
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