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To: JediJones

That’s ridicules. Murder,rape and robbery involve actions against another against their will. Drug use is a personal choice. (Funny how you don’t have an issue with liquor,caffeine and tobacco all drugs that can be abused and harmful to the user)
So by your logic you should want ALL personal behaviours that can be harmful to the individual policed. North Korea actually runs that way for the record.


80 posted on 11/03/2015 10:54:08 PM PST by aresmars
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To: aresmars

It goes far beyond personal behavior. We’re talking about people who waste themselves away contributing nothing to society and becoming a liability and burden to the rest of us in many ways.

We force people to attend school by law so they can become better members of society. There is no other reason to do that. Drug use is at the very least de-educational, ruining your cognitive ability and employability. It makes no sense to have a society that makes people get educated and then permit them to become stupid. We need drug laws to make sure people are minimally functional members of society.

There are countless laws meant to protect people from themselves. We mandate gun training for example before someone can buy a gun. Same with training to drive a car. Your home has to pass the fire code. Whether you’re going to do yourself self-harm, someone else is going to harm you, or an animal or inanimate object is going to harm you is totally irrelevant to the morality of the situation. Society needs to protect people from any avoidable dangers no matter where they originate. Drugs are one of them.


85 posted on 11/04/2015 12:38:22 AM PST by JediJones (The #1 Must-see Filibuster of the Year: TEXAS TED AND THE CONSERVATIVE CRUZ-ADE)
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