Hope you do better than the first time.
We dont need more crap in the game!
The "crap" is already here and millions of people are doing it while millions of others have tried said "crap", so the "crap" is already in the game. By keeping the crap out of the game, the WOD has managed to create a violent black market, turned tens of millions of citizens into scofflaws, given a criminal record to millions of non-violent drug users, etc. I could go on and on. All this would never had happened if we'd never kept the "crap" out of the "game".
By keeping the "crap" you refer to out of the "game" you end up with inequality before the law. To discriminate between "legal" vs "illegal" drugs is to create injustice. The moral hazards and risks for legal and illegal drugs are the same, yet we treat people differently before the law based on the drugs they possess. That is injustice pure and simple.
A guy getting drunk every night is the moral equivalent of a guy smoking pot every night. If one is legal, then the other must be. If one is illegal, then the other must be. To have one legal and one illegal is unjust. Surely you can see that?
Youre the clown that introduced the war on drugs and then tried to pawn it off as though it was some inadequate concept that Id suggested.
Now you're being obtuse. Let's see what you posted earlier:
Ive seen enough lives and families destroyed via these victimless crimes. (4 siblings from a very Leave it to Beaver family.)
As this article was about changing the laws on pot and you took a position against it, I think it's logical to assume that you support the WOD as is. You mentioned some folks you knew affected by drug abuse as poster children for why the WOD is needed. I merely pointed out that WOD didn't stop them from abusing drugs. The fact that you point to a WOD failure as some sort of reason to continue with the failed policy is your logical flaw, not mine.
As for bogus logic, the idea that if they didnt have access to drugs, theyd certainly be alcoholics, is just more crap!
This one sailed over your head. I was merely pointing out that even "legal" drugs can be problematic for some folks. I didn't say they would be alcoholics, I asked if that is what you'd prefer, since alcohol is in the "game". I'm sure you wouldn't, but if harm is a reason to ban any substance, then alcohol qualifies in spades. As there's no chance alcohol prohibition is coming back, the injustice between it and marijuana can only be eliminated by changing the pot laws to where they mirror alcohol.
A guy getting drunk every night is out of control, just as someone using recreational drugs would be.
I think it’s logical to assume that you support the WOD as is.
Here’s what’s wrong with your “logic”.
I don’t support half-assed efforts.
If we’re serious about fighting a problem then we should prove it with results.
Get rid of the corrupt officials who benefit from drug profits.
Get tough on countries that supply the drugs or traffic in them.
Throw the dealers in jail and the users in controlled treatment programs.
Legalization is simply a road to ruin for generations to come.