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To: JustSayNoToNannies

So let’s control drugs - not remove them from the possibility of effective control by banning them.


“You protest TOO MUCH...” <<— could be you have no idea what I just said..

Dangerous Drugs are NOT banned.. Trafficking in them “IS” banned...
Banned as it should be banned.. free use of Opiates and other easily addictive substances IS INSANE....

Alcohol CAN BE addictive BUT it takes HUGE effort to become addicted..
It is not easy to become addicted to alcohol you must try very hard..

Did I say; “YOU PROTEST TOO MUCH”?...


58 posted on 02/25/2013 9:28:05 AM PST by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: hosepipe
Society has lived(well) with alcohol for millenia.. NOT so harder drugs..

American society lived at least as well with other drugs for centuries before they were criminalized. And since over 40% of Americans have used marijuana, it looks like we're living well with that drug today.

Even alcohol can be bad if not controlled..

So let's control drugs - not remove them from the possibility of effective control by banning them.

Dangerous Drugs are NOT banned..

You're not aware of laws against "possession"? Educate yourself.

Trafficking in them “IS” banned...

Which removes them from the possibility of effective control.

Banned as it should be banned.. free use of Opiates and other easily addictive substances IS INSANE....

Alcohol CAN BE addictive BUT it takes HUGE effort to become addicted..
It is not easy to become addicted to alcohol you must try very hard..

Simply wrong. Here are the facts:

Drug Category Proportion of Users That Ever Became Dependent (%)
Tobacco 32
Heroin 23
Cocaine 17
Alcohol 15
Marijuana (including hashish) 9
Psychedelics 5
Inhalants 4

Note that since teens report that they can get pot more easily than beer or cigarettes, it looks like the most effective way to keep pot out of teens' hands (and still-developing brains) is to legalize it for adults - so sellers have an incentive not to sell to kids (namely, the loss of their legal adult sales).

61 posted on 02/25/2013 10:36:20 AM PST by JustSayNoToNannies ("The Lord has removed His judgments against you" - Zep. 3:15)
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