and you think whole families arent affected when someone goes to jail?

One is a self made choice. The addict's family lives in prison every day.

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You haven't countered nothing, because the points you made are not valid, you are basing your counter on information you don't understand, regardless the accuracy of the information, because it does not state what you are saying.. (Brazko)

well isnt that about the stupidest shit ever heard. did the addict not have the "choice" to become an addict? some people gotta sell dope to provide for themselves and family. i cant think of a good reason to shoot dope though. bottom line the dealer or the user shouldnt go to jail. rehab for the junkie, and job skill training and work opprutunity for the hustler

Think about it this way, though:

People get addicted to food, sex, gambling, the internet, shopping, and pretty much anything under the sun that feels good, right? Just because it can be abused, doesn't make it inherently "evil".

methamphetamines and opiates have "accepted medical uses", which is why most of them are Schedule II drugs here in the US. The fact that these drugs are illegal to consume for recreational purposes and closely regulated make them difficult to obtain in a pure form. This leads to all sorts of bathtub chemistry which only increases the hazard, not only of manufacturing the drug, but of consuming it.

The truth is, *most* people who use drugs don't become addicts, and most of the negative consequences of drugs are a direct result of their legal status.

Drug prohibition has nothing to do with public safety. Addiction shouldn't be a legal issue, it should be a health issue. If people were able to obtain pharmaceutical quality drugs at a correct dosage and consume them without fear of prosecution, I believe a great deal of the danger would be removed from the equation.

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very nicely put togather

The dealer is not addicted to the trade. The addict IS addicted to the drug the dealer sells. There's a difference. yes, the addict is a victim. The dealer is the enabler for profit, and this depravity makes them the dregs of society. There is nothing crueler than taking advantage of helpless ppl. That's what H dealers do.....

I'm all for weed being decrim'd...... but that's it. The other stuff is a poison on society and should never be encouraged.

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You haven't countered nothing, because the points you made are not valid, you are basing your counter on information you don't understand, regardless the accuracy of the information, because it does not state what you are saying.. (Brazko)

The government could care less about what we are doing with our body! it's a money thing, the budget allowed to the war anti drug justifies the existence of many corrupt fockers without counting the maintenance of the correctional industry which has become a huge business that relies on the same principles. Let's face it! Our system is corrupt, works well for them and I don't see any change coming soon. Why should they decriminalise drugs if they are making a bunch of money with the actual circumstances? Mexico, Argentina, Spain, Portugal have a different justice system and their jails serve a different purpose. Jail in the states are assets vs a liability for most other countries.

I'm glad to see that many of you support the cause. As most of us know, the name "marijuana" came from "marihuana" that originated in Mexico. It is only fair that Mexico gives it's people back it's people's right to have cannabis. That asshole Harry J. Anslinger turned our medicine into 'the most dangerous drug' available to man. We all know that it was only for political and financial gain, not only that, the N American population was almost completely racist toward Mexicans. Aslinger turned hemp into marijuana which was only associated to Mexicans and then to jazz playing blacks. What better way to get rid of minorities and make a shit load of money? Anyway, thank god that Mexico is telling N America to fuck off; we deserve to have our ritual herb as it is natural and medicinal... no matter how or why you use it, it will help you out in some way. If you are lazy by nature, do not use your common sence, or your mind and/or body cannot withstand this narcotic, stay away. As for the rest of us, it's a blessing, I suffer from moderate chronic back pain and could easily get a mes card but why should it be that way? MJ belongs to the world and not to the few that regulate it, sell it to us, and then fuck us over.

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Guys come on if the made all drugs ok in the US we would all wind up getting robbed (more than once), hurt, killed, so on by these crazy fucking speed freaks.
Come the fuck on, I've seen enuf meth monkeys as it is, make it ok for them to do what they do and they could blow their house up without anny worry and the problem here is
that meth monkey could be your neighbor, makes bad for you.

I had a crack head for a neighbor once and I had to fight him I dont know how many times, he tried to get in my house 4 times, did once,
fucked with my cars, then I found someone dumb enough to buy my house.

I hate that MJ is illegal but it seriously doesn't bother me, maybe because I've never been buested for anything like that but still.
Im not just a pot head I love xtc, havent done it in a long time but if I could find it. .... yum yum up my bum it would go... (the xtc i mean LOL)

My point we would see a SERIOUS rise in addicts, youths as well, wouldn't be good for ANYONE.
Im in my 20s and I love to have my fun and all but I live on the serious side of life.

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I do agree about Harry J. Anslinger he was a bastard motherfucker and should have died like a little bitch with a cock shoved up his ass, maybe one of the blacks he so prosecuted and used to give it a bad image. hahahahaha. Saying Weed was worse than H or Coke LOL.
His girlfriend when he was a teenager must have left him for a guy that got her stoned and got to her honey pie before her did, no wonder he hated it LOL.

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