Policy makers ignore alcohol in drug combat

The Daily Herald (UT) ^ | January 31, 2003 | Rick Soulier

[FreeTally]

Druggies only care about drugs; nothing else is important.

The owner of this website is a druggie? He may not take too kindly to such an accusation.

[FreeTally]

Now you are showing your dementia. Attributing your argument/that of the government to others. You are one wierd character.

[robertpaulsen]

See my post #19. But maybe you're more interested in discussing the abuse of alcohol.

[FreeTally]

Don't bother with RP. He has already been questioned by more than a half-dozen posters about his obviously stupid comment and has gone into defensive/denial mode.

[MrLeRoy]

How do you rationalize 'danger' as a valid criterion for legalization?

The dangers of drugs seems to be a major argument of the Drug Warriors. Personally, I think adults should be free to inflict on themselves any kind or degree of danger they choose.

What rational criterion do you propose?

[robertpaulsen]

I am fully aware of the primary purpose of NyQuil® and DayQuil®.

How do you explain the presence of 10% alcohol in the NyQuil®? Do you think it's for coloration, shelf life, marketing gimmick, or sleep aid?

Or, give me your own theory.

[MrLeRoy]

Druggies only care about drugs; nothing else is important.

Could be; I don't know any "druggies."

Same goes for all Libertarians...

Are you claiming that Libertarians care only about drugs? Wrong; here is a list of other issues they care about: National Platform of the Libertarian Party.

[Pahuanui]

Bzzzt! That is a cough medicine, not a sleeping aid. The active ingredients are:
500mg Acetaminophen (pain reliever/fever reducer)
15mg Dextromethorphan HBr (cough suppressant)
6.25mg Doxylamine succinate (antihistamine)
30mg Pseudoephedrine Hydrochloride (nasal decongestant)

But thanks for playing.

[FreeTally]

How do you explain the presence of 10% alcohol in the NyQuil®? Do you think it's for coloration, shelf life, marketing gimmick, or sleep aid?

What? I have no ideas what you are even asking me.

You stated that there was a history of alcohol being used in the medical industry as a sleep aid. This is demonstrably false. Alcohol can be added to products such as cough and cold supresents to help those products that already have a specific purpose function as a relaxing agent. 10% alcohol in cough medicines does not make those two spoonfulls of the medicine a sleep aid.

[bassmaner]

Druggies only care about drugs; nothing else is important.

Same goes for all Libertarians...

TROLL ALERT!

My fondest wish for you (and the rest of you sanctimonious drug warrior trolls) is that YOUR SON GETS BUSTED for possession and has to go through the wringer of the criminal justice system, facing the possibility of getting sent to the ANAL RAPE CAMP for the sake of a bag of weed. Oh, but it would never happen to YOUR SON, would it?

Yeah, right.

[robertpaulsen]

"The dangers of drugs seems to be a major argument of the Drug Warriors"

What??? You brought it up in post #52. Furthermore, you expected me to argue along those lines.

Major argument of the Drug Warriors!

[FreeTally]

And I am leaving my computer for the remainder of the day. I will address any nonsense you post tomorrow.

[robertpaulsen]

Bzzzzt! You didn't read down far enough. Look under "inactive ingredients".

Oh, why is that there? Gee, rp, I'll play stupid and won't even guess why in the heck they would make NyQuil® with 10% alcohol.

[E Rocc]

We tried this; it was called Prohibition .... I'm to the point where I think the WOD is a collosal failure. Legalize it all ... 20 years will reduce the problem via Darwinian social selection.

Truer words were never spoken. The WOD has indeed failed in all the ways Prohibition failed.

The difference is "forfeiture". I suspect that if we had forfeiture during the Prohibition era, we'd still have Prohibition.

-Eric

[robertpaulsen]

Good night. Then this note will start your day.

I had NyQuil® in mind when I made my original statement. All I'm saying is that alcohol has a current medical use as a sleep aid. It is in NyQuil® and not DayQuil® for that reason.

It is not used by itself as a sleep aid, although I remember stories about my grandmother giving a tablespoon of liquor to her children to get them to go to sleep.

Besides, my whole point was that alcohol is currently used in medicine, so I'll just rest my case there.

[Lurking2Long]

They only add other issues as a "smokescreen"!

[Lurking2Long]

Won't happen...I have 5 daughters.

I want to protect them from predatory drug dealers and users!

[MrLeRoy]

"The dangers of drugs seems to be a major argument of the Drug Warriors"

What??? You brought it up in post #52.

'Marijuana is far from "harmless" -- it is pernicious.' - Drug Czar John Walters

[MrLeRoy]

They only add other issues as a "smokescreen"!

Provide evidence for your claim.

[MrLeRoy]

I want to protect them from predatory drug dealers and users!

Then the War On Some Drugs is failing you; kids report that they can get marijuana more easily than beer or cigarettes. Legalizing drugs for adults would give drug sellers an economic incentive to not sell to kids---namely, the risk of losing their legal adult market.