DEA "Speaking Out Against Drug Legalization" Claim 6- a rebuttal

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[Gay State Conservative]

I worked for 20 years in the ER of a major hospital located in a large city.In that time I saw,day in and day out,the breathtaking damage that drugs have caused to individuals...and to society.Any calls to “liberalize” drug laws (funny how it’s mainly “progressives” who support that effort) fall on deaf ears with me.And *always* will.

[RitchieAprile]

but drugs are illegal. how can this be happening?

[JustSayNoToNannies]

I worked for 20 years in the ER of a major hospital located in a large city.In that time I saw,day in and day out,the breathtaking damage that drugs have caused to individuals...

Ever see the damage done by the legal drug alcohol? Do you support banning that drug?

and to society.

"Society" came to your ER?

Any calls to “liberalize” drug laws (funny how it’s mainly “progressives” who support that effort)

Plenty on FR have noticed that the War On Drugs is another utopian feel-good Big Government policy.

[Brad from Tennessee]

When Nixon waged his “War on Drugs” about 75 percent of funding went to education and treatment with 25 percent going to interdiction. It's no surprise that today that ratio is reversed. Law enforcement has greater lobbying power than the drug/alcohol treatment industry. The “drug war” is a great funding boom for police at all levels of government. Why would they ever want it to end?

[fattigermaster]

I worked in ERs and ICUs in hospitals thoughout the country from 1979 til the 90’s and saw more deaths due to either tobacco or alcohol individually than all illegal drugs combined.

[TurboZamboni]

high-capacity hypos and Wayne LaPierre’s fault!

[PieterCasparzen]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dv4x2pRMamE

[E. Pluribus Unum]

They'd have to get real jobs!

That's racist!

[Resolute Conservative]

Any thread about legalizing drugs should immediately draw the head slap guy.

[PoloSec]

"The “drug war” is a great funding boom for police at all levels of government. Why would they ever want it to end?"

You are correct, that is why I will predict that Washington and Colorado, will again make Pot illegal, unless other states follow suite soon.

It is all about dollars, these states will lose a lot of federal dollars for funding their police forces.

[JustSayNoToNannies]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dv4x2pRMamE

Not enough time this afternoon to address all the bogus logic in that video - but pause it at 5:51 and read the sentence immediately after the highlighted one for a sample of Crowder's dishonesty.

[yadent]

Guess the basic question is, does one have/should have the right to do with their physical body as they see fit at their own expense and peril? In a supposed free society, do we own our bodies?

[BfloGuy]

Any calls to “liberalize” drug laws (funny how it’s mainly “progressives” who support that effort)

Nah. There are a lot of libertarians and conservatives, too. We understand that the state cannot and should not protect us against ourselves and then we see how many of our constitutional rights we've given up to fight the drug war.

And, finally, we see more drugs on the streets than ever and realize that it's just as much a fool's game to ban drugs as it is to ban guns. Open your eyes.

[Gay State Conservative]

Open your eyes.

My eyes are wide open.And they were wide open for every....single...one of the hundreds,HUNDREDS, of heroin ODs I've seen.How many heroin ODs have *you* seen? Nearly one would be my guess.

Remember...deaf ears!

[FredZarguna]

And in your opinion, the death of heroin addicts is a detriment to society in what way?

[blueunicorn6]

Using recreational drugs to escape reality is cowardice. No culture values cowardice.

[BfloGuy]

My eyes are wide open.And they were wide open for every....single...one of the hundreds,HUNDREDS, of heroin ODs I've seen.How many heroin ODs have *you* seen? Nearly one would be my guess.

I have two questions for you.

1. Which article of the constitution permits the Federal government to legislate abortion?

2. Which article of the constitution permits the Federal government to legislate drug use?

Your argument against the dangers of drugs [with which I concur] is the same used by the advocates of abortion. They think abortion rights are necessary; you think drug prohibitions are necessary.

What we "think" is not a satisfactory argument. There must be a constitutional basis for the law. What is yours?

[aMorePerfectUnion]

You should see the ERs and morgues overseas that are a result of the US war on drugs. You only saw half the result.

I used to support it until I saw what we are doing. Now, I believe people own their own body. If they want to destroy it, I consider it their right.

[Species8472]

Viagra is a recreational drug too...............