[Rocksalt]

"any idiot knows"

You cannot refute my point,and I won't even bother to dig up statistics.There's no comparison in the addictive qualitys of narcotics and alcohol.

"I'm not making the laws"

No,I am not making the laws.And I already have stated that I feel registered addicts should have access the narcotics.I do not like the implications the WOD has on our freedoms.But I am not seeing any realistic way of implementing needed changes.If you come up with a plan of how narcotics could be legalized without goverment controls and the FDA being involved,or private business being able to control and promote substances,I am listening.


"The US Constitution instituted a system of government that at the time was used by no civilized country. Should it not have been ratified because of that?"

Never said it should not have been ratified.With this issue,I am looking at what would be the best for the general populace,what would actually work in this day day and age.Would you also be in favor of abolishing police forces because they interfere with our rights to travel freely?What would be the effect of this? MrLeroy,I see where you are coming from,and I applaud your quest for freedoms.I just don't think a vision of legalized narcotics is realistic,there would be too much colateral damage.Many other conservatives feel this way as well.

[MrLeRoy]

You cannot refute my point

The burden is on you to support YOUR claim, not on me to refute YOUR claim. As it stands, your claim is unsupported and has no weight.

If you come up with a plan of how narcotics could be legalized without goverment controls and the FDA being involved,or private business being able to control and promote substances,I am listening.

Here's the plan: treat drugs exactly like alcohol.

[Deleted by Rocksalt with no reply:] "I am not advocating goverment controls over our freedoms."

Yes you are---you want the government to continue to restrict our freedom to put what we choose into our own bodies.

Do you concede that you are advocating goverment controls over our freedoms?

Would you also be in favor of abolishing police forces because they interfere with our rights to travel freely?

I favor restricting police to their legitimate duty of protecting individual rights.

Many other conservatives feel this way as well.

But none of them has been able to rationally square this with their professed love of freedom.