Posted on 06/21/2005 12:41:10 PM PDT by robowombat
Well, all of America would be the victim of course by the irresponsibility and related criminality of users and the people connected to providing the drugs.
The pro drug crowd, homosexual activists and communist party are all on the same page in politics. All want the worst for America and wish to violate the American citizens with their vice or anarchy.
Happy integration with Mexico.
I do not believe illegal drugs are good for anyone, but I also believe the War on Drugs should end. Then, Rather than making all drugs legal, they should just be, "not illegal", no law on the books at all.
Why?
1) The government has no business telling a free individual what they may or may not consume - no matter how harmful it is to the individual. (I believe this about seat belts too..children must, Adults can make their OWN, Adult, decision!)
2) If a person on drugs commits a crime, any crime, the crime itself is punishable. When a drunkard or druggie gets in a car and kills someone on the road..the person is just as dead no matter what was consumed. Crimes committed while under the influence are still crimes..no matter the intoxicant. The intoxicant SHOULD NOT be the crime!
3) The war on drugs has created a whole new class of "criminal" , people that are not a real criminal element, are not a threat to society..just weak. Is that worth ten years in prison? I think not.
I believe the war on drugs, terror, gangs should continue.
I don't think we should give into thugs, addicts or terrorists because they don't fold immediately.
America isn't for all the anarchist, terrorists or gangland thugs, so I have no problem if they use up to deadly force and confiscate all their wealth in the process of teaching them the word "NO"!
A Mexican paramilitary group trained by the U.S. in running the cocaine trade in the U.S. This group is expanding its influence every day. They are now operating in seven states and will be in your state very soon. NAFTA enables drug traffickers. The proof is in the pudding and the mixture is corrupt as hell. The corruption is wide and deep and extends to top Mexican and U.S. officials.
We Need the 'Minutemen' because of NAFTA and because neither Mexican or U.S. officials give a damn about open the border. Officials don't give a damn because they are getting rich off the drug trade. 'Nuff said.
Personal attacks instead of arguments. Typical pro-WOD zombie.
If you have your business out of your house and you have an employee, you legally can't be drunk either because that is an illegal work enjoyment under both the health code and under the rules of running a business.
So it makes sense to support those same limited restrictions for other drugs ... but it still makes no sense to support the stronger restrictions that are now in place.
You also know what you get with alcohol, but with various drugs there are no standards
That's entirely due to their illegality; when alcohol was illegal there were no standards for that drug.
Illegal drugs poison you
So does alcohol ... in fact, unlike marijuana, it can cause a fatal overdose.
and cause various medical conditions in various ways.
So does alcohol, for example, cirrhosis of the liver.
"I'm sure that good old reliable Bayourod will be posting to this thread soon! "
Is he still around? lol
Our California, incidentally, is called "Alta California" by many, with the implication that it is rightfully part of Mexico.
Well, all of America would be the victim of course by the irresponsibility and related criminality of users and the people connected to providing the drugs.
You didn't answer the question. The irresponsibility and related criminality would be illegal whether or not the drug transaction was illegal, and could be present whether or not a drug transaction even took place. One more time: Who is the identifiable victim in a drug transaction?
There was irresponsibility and related criminality by sellers and buyers of alcohol during Prohibition, but that was no argument for retaining Prohibition.
We do allow all drugs in homes that are regulated by the food and drug administration and used under the direction of a doctor. No problem, it's that way now.
The rest would be called criminal activity and should be dealt with accordingly.
I'm surprised since we don't like the anarchist, or homosexual agenda activists here, that somehow your pro adiction activists are allowed on a conservative site.
There is nothing conservative about a pro-illegal drug agenda.
Nor should we channel inflated profits into the hands of thugs and terrorists with a futile War On Drugs.
I did answer, all of America are the victims of illegal drug use. It is connected to violence, irresponsibility and a huge cost to society to handle these people medically.
Better they die of overdoses soon after they start their habits rather than living long enough to pass their addictions on to innocent children who deserve a recreational drug free life.
We don't have those restrictions for the deadly, addictive, violence-inducing drug alcohol, so it makes no sense to have them for other drugs ... especially the milder-than-alcohol drug marijuana.
INFLATED PROFITS????? What inflated profits are connected to illegal drugs?
The best we could really hope for is the major dealers and distributors put up a fight and get a bullet in their head to reduce the number of criminals that hurt our youth. They are the same to this country as the terrorists.
So was alcohol use when alcohol was illegal, but that was no argument for keeping alcohol illegal.
and a huge cost to society to handle these people medically.
There's a huge medical cost to handle overeaters, but that's no argument for government banning overeating.
Better they die of overdoses soon after they start their habits
Then stop interfering by imposing legal punishments, and let them get on with it.
You're kidding, right? One sticks a seed in the ground, later collects the plant's buds, and sells them for $100 an ounce ... and you think there are no inflated profits involved?!
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