Posted on 09/11/2014 11:09:05 AM PDT by ConservingFreedom
A commission composed mostly of former world leaders will recommend Tuesday that governments move beyond legalizing marijuana and decriminalize and regulate the use of most other illegal drugs, including heroin and cocaine.
The international drug-control system is broken, says a report to be released Tuesday in New York by the Global Commission on Drug Policy.
Governments should be allowed wide latitude to experiment with the regulation of drugs, except for the most lethal, says the commission, whose 21 members include former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, former U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz, and former presidents such as Brazil´s Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Mexico´s Ernesto Zedillo and Colombia´s César Gaviria.
"We have to control drugs, which are out of control," Mr. Cardoso said in a telephone interview. "Some lethal drugs have to be prohibited…but the guiding principle has to be to guarantee the health and safety of people."
The report is the latest indication that the U.S.-led war on drugs is faltering—even in the U.S., where 23 states now allow for medical marijuana, while two, Washington and Colorado, voted in 2012 to legalize marijuana. Last year, Uruguay became the first country in the world to legalize marijuana use and regulate its production. [...]
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I'm sure that's a nice thought but with drugs, it comes down to potency, not flavor.
Yeah, and Freedom can be really REALLY uncomfortable for those who want no limits - no controls on anything and everything.
With Great Freedom Comes Great Responsibility. If you think you can use and abuse your freedoms by creating a nation of freaks and addicts - you are certainly no conservative.
Slyfox -
Did the founders prohibit drugs in the USC?
They had their own moonshine and snuff and mushrooms, etc.
But, I guess they didn’t understand the ‘dynamics of a good society’.
‘The WOD has greased the wheels of tyranny while filling the pockets of corrupt political and financial enablers and ruthless killers’
The WOD is welfare for government employees.
‘Freedom can be really REALLY uncomfortable for those who want no limits’
No, freedom is really uncomfortable to those who want controls.
I'm sure that's a nice thought but with drugs, it comes down to potency, not flavor.
Unless the potency of the legal product is limited to a ridiculous degree, a user can get as high as they want by taking enough. (And if you think alcohol is all about flavor, visit your nearest fraternity row some Friday or Saturday night.)
You show here just how blind some are to their own twisted logic.
Freedom for me - not for thee!
No controls on anything, no limits????
Here’s an idea keep guessing and exaggerating and work both sides of these replies.
Later I have to go make sure my kids are at work and not shooting up. Oh I forgot, the government is taking care of that.
Bye now. Dea swat team gathering outside. My dog in danger.
I think a new Opium war is being waged on the American public to pacify and dumb down the public.
Not to worry. The heroic men and women of the DEA are on top of it =>
The commies (these commission "leaders") know that people are easier to control and enslave when they are wacked out on drugs. People who are high all of the time don't care much about things like freedom and liberty.
I want the government to limit and control murder.
I guess I’m a big ol’ Nanny Stater, huh?
If you could give me one redeeming quality of cocaine, then you might have a valid argument.
Recreational drug warriors are wetting their pants and EBT cards hoping for this.
Recreational drug warriors are wetting their pants and EBT cards hoping for this.
Recreational drug warriors are wetting their pants and EBT cards hoping for this.
Recreational drug warriors are wetting their pants and EBT cards hoping for this.
So let's support a big fedgov program that creates a gigantic police bureaucracy and tramples multiple sections of the Constitution.
That will surely enhance freedom and liberty.
Actually - you liberals DO want controls and limits on illicit and dangerous drugs.
You want to control the TAX base on them. Lets not forget that good old tax revenue that comes from legal weed, meth, coke or whatever.
And with higher taxes comes what? Thats right! Bigger Government.
A Libertarian Wet Dream.
(Yippee)
I’m not saying that everyone shouldn’t be allowed to walk around higher than a kite. I’m just saying, TAX THE HELL OUT OF IT!!!! LOL!!! People should have the freedom and liberty to be high all of the time until it kills them!!! Hrumpf! Hrumpf!
It is used routinely in ENT surgical procedures.
But please continue your Nanny rant as it is always a delight to be enlightened by the rascal totalitarians in our midst.
Do you want murders that occur within a state to be federal crimes?
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