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Well take Meth for example.. The price is going up, why? because it's becoming more and more harder and dangerous to make and less is being put into the market. Now reduce the restrictions and the price will drop because there's more supply. Now lets say companies are allowed to create meth for users.. You will see less shady people creating this drug and it would really not entice people to become drug pushers because as price goes down, so does there profit. and with more reputable businesses creating the drugs it would be harder for people to make it on the street even if it was cheaper which once again will cut into their profit making it not worth blowing yourself up.
So something about meth is making it harder and more dangerous to make so supply is shrinking, prices are rising... and your answer is to make it more affordable and easier to get? Isn't a shrinking drug supply chain a good thing?
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I would not be against legalizing lighter drugs such as marijuana (I don't know any cocaine facts, but it seems outrageous to me to put it under the "light drug" category) if it shrinks our prisons and the spending that is currently pumped into it.
I don't smoke but I know enough that it's not the "horrible gateway drug" everyone says it is.
Harder drugs like meth and heroine I think should be kept off the market totally...we don't need something similar to the opium culture like the one that was/is a problem in Europe and China.
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Yes and No.
Recreational users, might give up and move on, but hardcore addicted users find a way to come up with the money, even if that means crime.
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Yes and No.
Recreational users, might give up and move on, but hardcore addicted users find a way to come up with the money, even if that means crime.
Anybody who is so addicted that they would commit crime to get their fix should be locked up and/or in rehab any way.
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That's part of the debate of legalizing it.
What to do with those who abuse it.
And if it was as easy as locking them up, we wouldn't have the drug problem we have now.
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Well take Meth for example.. The price is going up, why? because it's becoming more and more harder and dangerous to make and less is being put into the market. Now reduce the restrictions and the price will drop because there's more supply. Now lets say companies are allowed to create meth for users.. You will see less shady people creating this drug and it would really not entice people to become drug pushers because as price goes down, so does there profit. and with more reputable businesses creating the drugs it would be harder for people to make it on the street even if it was cheaper which once again will cut into their profit making it not worth blowing yourself up.
So something about meth is making it harder and more dangerous to make so supply is shrinking, prices are rising... and your answer is to make it more affordable and easier to get? Isn't a shrinking drug supply chain a good thing?
Not necessarily if it increases violence .. If shrinking the drug supply chain does not increase violence associated with drugs then it's a good thing.
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Aside from some ignorant replies, this thread has had some decent discussion. After reading some of the replies though---I wonder if some of you actually took the time to watch the videos I posted.
I think that legalizing, then taxing and regulating the sale of drugs would help to stop a lot of the problems associated with drugs.
Basically, I think that ending the drug war would save us billions of dollars each year, and it would also, free up prison space where right now we are spending millions of dollars housing non-violent offenders who are serving short-term sentences for possession or trafficking.
I think that in the long run, legalization would save us money.
I also, think that the drug war is unconstitutional. I think that users should be permitted to use as long as they aren't robbing, raping, or killing people in the process. Contrary to popular belief, drugs don't make you do any of these things.
I think that legalizing drugs would lead to less people in prison, less crime, and less money spent on the "drug" problem.
Money aquired from taxes on drugs would be used for anti-drug initiatives in schools and colleges, it could be used to fund rehab programs for people who become addicted to drugs, and I believe that these programs would be a lot more cost effective than simply locking people up in prison with hardened criminals.
I think its sad that people in this country tend to view people who smoke pot, or do lines of coke or ketamine as ddangerous criminals---but view people who drink some beers after work as regular joe's. Its pretty much the same thing.
The legal use of cigarettes and alcohol is a double-standard that many people fail to recognize when addressing this nations penchant for substance abuse.
We need to take a more realistic approach to the drug problem by ending the drug war, and we can save ourselves billions of dollars in the process. I am sure that that billion or so dollars could be put to much better use.
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there are certain people who predisposed for some reason,to addiction.born that way.through no fault of theyre own.for that we have no cure.
the use of recreational substances,such as reefer,I have long argued in inocuous.
Alcohol is a very dangerous drug,as is nicotine.
the fact is,the reason that hemp is illegal,is so that the world corporate wants it that way.they also want foosil feuls as opposed to sensible energy solutions.it does not matter to any of them that thousands of innocent people are sitting in prison.
its all about the money.
has nothing to do with good sense.
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The drug addict calls US ignorant. That is priceless.
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He didn't call every reply ignorant, just some of them, which is quite accurate IMO.
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He didn't call every reply ignorant, just some of them, which is quite accurate IMO.
And some of them may be, just not the ones that he thinks.
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Could you elaborate on that?
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the fact is,the reason that hemp is illegal,is so that the world corporate wants it that way.
What does the corporate world have to gain by having MJ illegal? 
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Yes, I'm sure he thinks that the ignorant replies are the people that disagree with him. He doesn't like what they say, so he says they're ignorant. Simple as that.
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Maybe it's just my opinion but I consider doing anything that can provide you with time behind bars, cost you A LOT of money to defend yourself and can put a felony on your record, a pretty ignorant way to approach your life.
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