Legalize drugs and end the war on drugs

I think we should legalize drugs like cocaine, meth and heroin. I think it’s a mistake to do drugs but everyone should have a right to make mistakes. What we put in our bodies should be up to each individual adult.
The war on drugs is based on ignorance and lies. It has caused more harm than the drugs themselves.
Here is something everyone should know. The great majority of people who do drugs do not have a drug problem. 70 to 80 percent of these people do their drugs and still live responsible lives.
I have to add something to this because people tend to make unfounded accusations against me. I do not do drugs. I quit drinking alcohol 5 months ago. I smoked marijuana about 5 times 30 years ago and did not like it. But people who do not want to discuss the facts tend to make ad hominem attacks against me.

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Katabasis · 41-45, M

Brilliant, and then we are up to our eyes in junkies who will steal anything not nailed down to feed their habit. Keep dreaming.

RoxClymer · 41-45, M

@Katabasis google "Portugal drug laws" and you will see quite the opposite

Bandit2398 · 51-55, M

I used to believe that too but there the evidence says otherwise. I have family members who are drug addicts and the laws don’t stop them. Drug addicts are going to do drugs whefher it’s legal or not. When they originally made drugs illegal it didn’t solve the problems but made them much worst. The same goes for alcohol prohibition. @Katabasis

SteelHands · 61-69, M

Nonsense. The drugs were legal and they had no idea of how harmful they were. It was after they found out that they took the cocaine out of coca cola, the opium out of camel cigarettes to prevent further damage.

Drugs kill people and even cause criminal insanity. They damage the brain and kill the human conscience.

If your relatives are drug addicts and haven't yet become zombie like animals looking to trade you and anything you have in for their cure for pain, be ready. It will happen. I assure you that. There aren't enough drugs on the planet to prevent it. Because they will always want more. And eventually nothing will be sufficient.

Then it will be time for them to overdose and die an early death. If that's what you want for them then keep on talking like you are.

canusernamebemyusername · M

@Katabasis So if drugs were legal you'd take them? All the people that want to take drugs are already on them. The people that dont want to take drugs wont take them regardless of their legality.

Bandit2398 · 51-55, M

He doesn’t want to see this but Portland had all of the problems he listed before they decriminalized drugs. @canusernamebemyusername

Bandit2398 · 51-55, M

@canusernamebemyusername and they decriminalized drugs. They did not legalize them

Katabasis · 41-45, M

@canusernamebemyusername No I’m not saying take them legal or otherwise. Junkies are a drain on health services, a source of crime, their kids don’t get a proper schooling because the parents are too busy dribbling in a corner to support them. It’s a problem and should stay a crime.

Bandit2398 · 51-55, M

Thank you for your reply. While it is true that drug addicts commit crimes and can be bad parents it’s not as prevalent as you think. The great majority of drug users are responsible citizens and good parents. Rush Limbaugh is a good example. There are plenty of doctors, college professors, politicians, police officers and so on who use drugs without committing crimes and are good parents. It’s more similar to alcohol. Most of the people who drink do so responsibly but there are a minority who get violent and abuse their wives and kids. The addiction rate for marijuana is about 9% alcohol 15% cocaine 20 to 25% and tobacco 30%. So what you are describing I not as prevalent as you think. Also I don’t believe if you could prevent those people from getting drugs it would make much difference. They will find some other way to ruin their lives like gambling shopping or food addictions. A. @Katabasis
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