Drugs legalized? Options

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Do you think drugz like marijuana, crack, coccaine, and other illegal drugz should become legal? Why or why not.

[WildGriffin]

Can't wait to see people saying they should be legal...

Guess i'll take the pro-drug stance even though we probably are better off without them being legalized. Although i've never taken drugs, I have expierenced what they do to people's lives. It's kind of like alcohol and smoking, kids mainly do it only because they shouldn't. I've been to Europe on several occastions were a 12 year old could buy a bottle of vodka should they want to, but they don't. No "rebel without a cause" syndrome down there thanks in part to the acceptance of alcohol.

No, it'll just cause more chaos.

First, let me site an example. Amsterdam. I believe they have marijuana legalized there, and they arn't in a constant state of chaos or anything rivaling that. Canada is on it's way there if it plays it's cards right.

Anyways. NO way...People would start using drugs as an excuse. In court they would plea not guilty for the charge of muder and claim they were under the influence of drugs and that you can't blame them.

People already do that alot more then you'd suspect. And if they are desperate enough and don't have a drug history, they'll plead insanity. Drugs don't get much sympathy in court anyways.

Then we'll just have another tobacco-like problem.

I never saw tobacco as a problem. Usually people that smoke it started in their youth. They started in their youth because it was the bad "cool" thing to do. They still do it because of the age restriction. I honestly can't see why people would do tobacco for any other reason, a cool long drag on a cig = sh!t taste.

no cuz its bad for u

So is Alcohol and Tobacco, yet those are accepeted to some extent.

Also, would you want a bunch of curious people trying PCP and having insane hallucinations?

If someone's stupidly curious enough to try a hallucigin(sp?), they'll get there hands on it one way or another.

I think the main argument is going to be for medical usage.

I have a new argument, perhaps the legalization of drugs would put a stop to the drug wars running rampant through out the world. Less cartel killings, less gangs, less dirty money, less terrorists. The prices of drugs would go way down and any local company could start making it, so arguing that terrorists would still get money from drugs is wrong (me thinks).

We are trying to evolve as a society and make a new and better tomorrow for everyone. Legalizing dangerous drugs such as those would just bring us back even further. We can't make any progress if we're all stoned...

Alcohol is legal and we arn't all drunk. Drugs may seem like they'd be a thing everyone would get into, but a year after its legalization people would see that there's really no point. The people that are druggies today will still be druggies after it's legalization, but they wont have to fight over the stuff or pay insane prices leading to murders and such.

so what in the world makes you think i'll try drugs?

Exactly, if people don't do drugs now they most likely won't do it during the perverbeal legalization. Remeber alcohol and prohibition? People that still liked to drink drank.

If we had a serious drug problem in the US (i.e. every little kid was itching to get there fix) i'd say no to drug legalization. But the point is just because it's easier to get doesn't mean that people who don't already like it will instantly be all over the stuff. The druggies will still be druggies, just no more support for crime lords and such. Is that too much of a stretch or does it kinda make sense?