[Nephi]

Amen, brother!

Sometimes while discussing the WOD, I will ask, "If heroin were legal today and you could buy it for $5, would you do it?" Not surprisingly, I have yet to find someone who would take up this instantaneously addicting drug...or at least admit to it. I then point out that apparently they believe that they are smart enough to avoid heroin, but they think everyone else is too stupid to make the right choice.

[Free the USA]

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[WyldKard]

Sometimes while discussing the WOD, I will ask, "If heroin were legal today and you could buy it for $5, would you do it?" Not surprisingly, I have yet to find someone who would take up this instantaneously addicting drug...or at least admit to it. I then point out that apparently they believe that they are smart enough to avoid heroin, but they think everyone else is too stupid to make the right choice.

Ding ding ding!

That's it exactly. The overriding impression I get from these Pro-WODdies is that they honestly seem to believe that everyone in America is a gutteral animal who is being held in check merely by force of law. That the moment you losen up even a little, they immediately turn into monsters. I mean, WTF? Do they honestly think the majority of Americans are just itching to try crack and heroin, but won't because it's illegal?

Naturally, if we have legalization, we'll need to have SANE, rational, honest drug education in the schools (as opposed to thise DARE propaganda crap that makes kids distrust what they are taught, and increases drug use among kids. We need to just tell these kids "This is substance X. It does Y to you. Now that you know all it can do to you, don't come crying to us if it screws you up."