Rich Warchild said:
quoted 10 lines Your right, there are alot more alcohol related accidents, deaths and> Your right, there are alot more alcohol related accidents, deaths and
> crimes the rave drug related... but the goverment isn't trying to shut
> down every bar as compared to raves.
>
> I never said drugs were bad, if someone wants to do them i tihnk they
> should be allowed to. It is their own body after all. I'm sure
> drugs influenced alot of music, that has been prooven thru out history.
> My problems with drugs is public use of them where the goverment sees
> it and enforces stricter laws on promoters and venues. Venues are
> impossible to find where i live.
I'm not anti-drug. I'm pro-drug. I think the government should legalize
such substances, cover them with warnings and disclaimers, tax the hell out
of them, and spend the money from the tax to constantly educate people on
WHAT the drugs do, not HOW to avoid them.
it's like smoking. You can buy cigarettes at the damn grocery store when
you turn 18, yet all the education is "they give you cancer" and "your
breath stinks." Where's the education saying what the GOOD things are?
What does the high feel like? How many kids have gotten addicted to
cigarettes simply due to experimentation?
If the government were to heavily regulate the drug industry, it would a)
undercut 3rd world production of drugs and eliminate drug cartels. Why get
it from a shady dealer for super-high prices and possibly cut with drano
when you can get it from Food Mart? it would b) reduce accidental death
from taking some "bad drugs" and help people understand what they're taking
when they take something at a party.
The downside is that using drugs against someone else (slipping it into
drinks, food, etc.) might become more widespread. Overdosing might also be
more widespread due to the higher availability.
But all of that's available now already, just on the black market, and the
government has no say in education nor control of the product. If it passed
through the FDA, there'd be a HELL of a lot better drug control than the
laughable "war on drugs."
I've never done illegal drugs, not because of some moral high ground or
religion (i'm atheist), but it's just never interested me. I'd probably
have a similar lack of interest if they were legal -- after all, i've never
smoked a cigarette either. that doesn't mean that there aren't others who
DO want access to those substances, and criminalizing it is stupid -- it
simply fills prisons with non-violent, passive offenders, while actual drug
dealers rake in non-taxed income and simply bribe US customs whilst coming
across the border.
But saying they're required to have a good time is pretty daft, as is
complaining that it's unfair for the government to crack down on them as the
laws stand. Change the laws! They're not gonna lax up on people until that
happens.
derek
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