Posted on 08/13/2010 12:58:50 AM PDT by Candor7
This is almost exactly the same argument made for (alcohol) Prohibition. It was a bad idea then, it's a bad idea now.
That's what actually happens when drugs like these are legalized. I mean we manage, just barely, to function with alcohol as a legalized substance.Opiates added to the mix, for example, of recreational possibilities without medical prescription would be around 90% addictive for most individuals, and about 20% addictive after their first trial.
I'm not pretending that mood-altering drugs are benign. But, the cost of drug prohibition is far higher than drug legalization. We have paid a heavy price in the loss of civil liberties, the militarization of police forces, and daily warfare on the border and in our cities among gangs engaging in "competition".
So I wonder why we lack the hutzpa to face the facts? The legalization remedy is too myopic, and like meddling with one aspect of nature, there are many unforeseen destructive consequences. What happened in China with opium proves that.
You point to China, I point to the US only 80 years ago. I think the latter is a more contemporary (and relevant) example.
For those of you unaware, the narco-terrorists are in control of several miles of ARIZONA property. Obama kmows this, and does nothing but protect the terrorists.
This is TREASON!!
Nah! Alcohol and Opiates are commpletely different. Thats why no body is buying the argument these days.
The China model rules for the whole world.
You push legalization of drugs in Mexico, you end up dead.Same in Afghanistan. Ofcourse thise who believe it possible do not seem to have the courage to convince the sources of supply? Go figure.
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You are right, and BTW, they are already on Cape Cod. They gravitate to the tourist/etirement areas as landscapers and service employees for the tourist industry and sell drugs on the side.
Unbelievable!
I remember seeing hundreds of pictures like these back in the late 90’s on Thomas Chittums CW II website except it was happening in South Africa to white people. Nobody seemed to care, it was just white folks...
Oh, and btw, I wasn’t saying that you or anybody else on this website didn’t care about white folks getting butchered and burned. It just struck me at the time that there was only one website that I knew of that had the pictures and story of what was happening in SA and I wasn’t hearing a peep about it anywhere else.
Its amazing how much of this has been supressed by the left both here and in Mexico.
Parts of Mexico are in civil war with war lords, they have advanced far beyond mere drug cartels.And they are coming to a town near you.
Which drugs do you de-criminalize and which ones do you leave illegal?
Marijuana? LSD? Heroine? Cocaine? Crack? Meth?
Just legalize everything?
What age limits do you establish: 21? 18? 12?
Great responses concerning legalizing drugs.
As a 1970’s somewhat-hippie who did drugs for a while, I can definitely say you are correct—drugs destroy the individual (and would destroy our nation if legalized).
The best answer to the drug problem is stricter punishment...very strict. Not many would want to deal drugs if the punishment (enforced every time!) was 60 years without parole.
The Phillippines , and Malaysia have the punishment end down. Whipping and capital punishment.
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Excellent! Good work, C7.
I’d return the law to what it was in 1900. Legalize everything. Take the money and power out of it. We’ll also have to roll back some supreme court decisions as well, such as officially sanctioned no-knock home invasions, and those concerning roadblocks, and asset forfeiture. We’ve allowed the war on druggies to rape the Constitution for long enough.
Well thank God they’re pushing it through the open border to the North. :)
The US just might save Mexico.
Few are buying that argument because they have been convinced by people that profit by the current arrangement.
You push legalization of drugs in Mexico, you end up dead.Same in Afghanistan. Ofcourse thise who believe it possible do not seem to have the courage to convince the sources of supply? Go figure.
Oh, come on. I thought you were an intelligent guy. Do you really not realize the source of the hypocrisy?
Prohibition of drugs is a primary source of revenue for police, military, or whoever gets to enforce it. Whether it's bribes from the drug trade or bribes from the federal government or asset forfeiture laws, it's income that permits them to grow or sustain their budget.
Its amazing how this baraarism has been covered up until now! We just get a glosss of it. Can you imagine this stuff happening just a few miles from your home in a year or two? Whoah! The dralas of Dege are not going to let it hapben! LOL.
Ok , lets pretent I agree with you.
Impliment it, how? You got guns?
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What joo wan compadre,a leetle meth, s’ coak,s’maria yane?
Jus call jor fren heer!
That won’t work either. If we legalize drugs, then there would be 20 fatal car accidents every day in LA county alone caused by all the people driving those freeways while high on drugs. As I recall, they tried legalizing marijuana in Alaska and then had to repeal that law because of all the crazy dangerous driving by people high on pot. I don’t think legalization of drugs is possible in a high-tech motorized society.
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