How can marijuana be illegal if it has never been proven to of killed a single person from overdose or illness in the 5,000 years of recorded history, while in the next hour ~50 Americans will die from tobacco related illness
Many have forgotten that we have lost much freedom of action since the first world war.At the beginning of the 20th century all "drugs" were legal,nobody gave a rat`s ass what you were smoking in your pipe.There was no income taxes,people were living more independently in rural areas,on a family farm.This was the best system for peaceful living,now it has deteriorated so we didn`t improve as a society but have devolved.
Not to bring a race issue into this but Being a black male growing up in a black community in my opinion I personally feel that drugs was one of the major contributors to the downfall of black community still to this day. Many people are working class people in the black community and for the majority of them to waste they're income on getting high to cope with all their problems instead of providing for their families is terrible. If you think drugs are good then that's your opinion.
I absolutely agree with you, I'm simply opposed to sweeping generalizations about drugs. Plus, if drugs were legalized, it's safe to say that the drug-related problems in low income/black communities would disappear.
Geez, just legalize them all! And other thing even more ridiculous is prohibiting minors from alcohol and smoking. Why only adults can have it? Because they're more responsible??? YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING!! Oh because we have to protect our youth's health?? THEN WHY DON'T WE ADULTS SET A GOOD EXAMPLE BY PROHIBITING TO EVERYBODY ELSE??? That's one of the things that f**ng pissed me off as a child. F**** HYPOCRISY.
Let them. Why should people waste time, money, and energy on these "drug dealers"? Why should we spend money trying to stop/treat these idiots wasting their lives? Natural selection. The idiots can go ahead and die while the smart, healthy people continue living.
The theory is that once drugs become legalized, the negative aspects associated with them (robbing, overdosing, etc.) will become eliminated. And in some cases, choosing to take drugs is, in fact, a "smart, healthy" thing to do. Don't let yourself be brainwashed.
Where there is mind, there will continue to be a need to relieve the mind, from life, undo the pressure valves, release the heartache and pain. The cleanest way may be to meditate on a mountain top for 20 years, but who has the money and time to do that, decriminalise it, for i am my own person, and that plant is god given. Nature knows best, with no known side effects.
There are three types of people who support drug prohibition.
1. Those who legally gain employment, power and/or money by exploiting the victims of the war on drugs (ie. district attorneys, judges, lawyers, police officers, the prison industrial complex)
2. Those who profit directly from the black market created by prohibition. (gangsters, drug cartels, mafia, etc.)
3. Mildly retarded people who actually think that the government is protecting her citizens through prohibition.
They love to blend the discussion about legalizing marijuana with legalizing hard drugs. Also they confuse the entire point he makes about hard drugs - he's for decriminalization and strict regulation. For marijuana he's for legalization with strict regulation (exactly like alcohol and tobacco which both pose a far more serious health and social risk)
If there is a government-funded "war" on drugs, there is a lot of treason going on. So many people that want us to "say no" to drugs say "yes" to psychotropic drugging by perscription. This is when children are stamped with some meaningless diagnosis like "bipolar" or ADHD and are then prescribed an addictive drug. But this is perfectly "legal". Strange logic at work in this "drug war".
If there is a government-funded "war" on drugs, there is alot of treason going on. So many people that want us to "say no" to drugs say "yes" to psychotropic drugging by perscription. Children can be stamped with some meaningless diagnosis like "bipolar" or ADHD and is prescribed an addictive drug. Kinda strange.
Has anyone ever met a person who said that the only reason he or she doesn't smoke crack is because it's illegal. If you think that legalization would make use go up, then you are assuming that there are hordes of people like this. Give me a break. The war on drugs does nothing but make criminals rich and cause gun violence.
I honestly don't think heroin, cocaine, and other hard drugs should be legal simply because they are more dangerous than alcohol, tobacco, or marijuana. However I also do not think it is logically possible for the government to control what the people decide to put into their bodies. It is human nature to consume what you want regardless of whether or not it is good for you. I do not think the drug laws will ever stop the drug use. However making marijuana legal could decrease hard drug use! CON
FOX are fucking hipocriz! They don't want it legalized, they just want more attention/ fans who can actualy relate to FOX on 1 subjects without it just being a racist statement. They KNOW it's just a matter of time before leagalization, they just wana try get their ratings up.
WTF IS THE GOVERNMENT REALY THAT FUCKED IN THE HEAD MABY THIS WOULD STOP THE DRUG WAR BUT I GARENTEE U ITS JUST GOING TO GET WORSE IN TIME PEOPLE WILL DIE,LIVES RUIND,KIDS WILL END UP DOING METH AND HEROIN AT AN EARLY AGE. I COULD UNDERSTAND Y MARY JANE IS GETING LEGALIZED ITS PRACTICALEE HARMLESS BUT HEROIN AND METH ..THIS IS JUST GOING TO FUCK OUR PEOPLE N COUNTRY UP EVEN MORE
Prohibition is a decent idea, but as we can/have seen, it has horrible unintended consequences. Bad policies that started as good ideas went bad because the enforcers are spending other people's money (our money)...
NO ABOLISHMENT OF FREE CHOICE (regarding drugs & prostitution) !!!!!!
Nadlemnan is an obstinate fool who simply does not understand the difference between alcohol and narcotics- including pot. Alcohol is legally permitted under the assumption that it is consumed BELOW THE LEVEL OF INTOXICATION. That is not how narcotics are used. Although a dangerous drug itself, if alcohol were consumed in the same way people use narcotics it would be just as illegal. Nadelmann is going about this in the wrong way. Legalization will create a nightmare of drug use increase.
What do you prefer? To let the people you vote for controlling the drugs, or to let the criminals controlling them?
Prohibition=uncontrollable drug creation and proliferation.
Non prohibition= controllable drug market.
Prohibition leads to addiction to criminal money. This leads to more crimes, and more drugs. It leads to the corruption of the democracies. The sooner we stop prohibition, the sooner we can protect the children, and the elders.
telling people they cant smoke pot is like telling them they cant jack off.they are both harmless enjoyable activities and it would be an increadible violation of human rights to put them in jail for it.legalize it
I am so sick of phoney do gooders telling me what I can & can't put in my body! I suffer from back pain & have to travel to Florida to get pain medication because unlike other states the pain clinics will help you there. There is nothing free about this country !!!
check out my channel, learn about my Cross Country trip to gather signatures for the immediate re-legalizaton of Cannabis as it petains to our Constitutional Rights
Prohibition end it now. Watch this to see how it is so easy to do.
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There are more stressed out users on the roads now going across town to get their drugs and driving home loaded than there would be with a legal intoxicant system.
sweep123456789 r u a fucking idiot??? alcohol is one of the fucking main causes of death next to tobacco and i want u to tell me how many ppl have died smoking weed.. dont worry i'll wait. and if u dont know u should take your head out of your ass and learn the truth
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What are you on trev, dont tell me... its the Bromo-benzodifuranyl-isopropylamine better known as bromodragonfly... isn't it. Hey alcohol hasn't done me no harm, i've still got all 5 common senses. We both know that weed kills people, why else would it be illegal.
Alcohol is worse then weed, in terms of medical effects, however i believe more accidents are reported due to the fact it is legal. if pot was legal we would hear a lot more of fatalities related with it. However i am not concerned with pot, hell if everyone becomes a stoner, the job market will be easier for a guy like me :) but legalizing heroine, crack and meth simply has no benefits.
Have you ever tried it? Met someone who was drunk? It absolutely makes you dumber. Both when you're drinking and after years of use. Obviously I'm not saying we should criminalize it, but don't make stupid unsubstantiated claims
Serotonin also attaches to the brain's neurons and interferes with its communication between neurons. So does dopamine, melatonin, norepinephrine, every endorphin, every endocannabinoid, and oh, what do you know...dimethyltryptamine, the strongest psychedelic drug known to man. None of these make people "dumber," but rather they make people who they are. THC does this too, and likewise, that doesn't mean it makes people dumber.
And I certainly hope you realize that alcohol, too, does this. And while it may not make people dumber as a general rule, it certainly impairs their judgement enough to cause them to make some pretty stupid decisions while under its influence. Marijuana, as well as all of the neurotransmitters I mentioned, don't do that.
Well first, ethanol (= alcohol) does alse interfere normal neuronal transmission as do caffeine and nicotine. Second, alcohol does not only interfere synaptic transmission, it also goes right into the cell due to its small molecular size, interfering intracellular signaling as well as those biochemical processes needed to keep the neurons alive. It does that by denaturing the cellular proteins. That's also why we use ethanol to kill bacteria and co. on the workbenches in laboratories
So, alcohol could indeed make people dumber by killing neurons. And unlike the vast majority of other recreational drugs, which have quite a specific toxicity profile, alcohol not only damages the neurons but also all the other celltypes in your body.
@whilemex Your post conflicts with all of my vast experience. I am a long time pot smoker. Many of my friends are raging alcoholics. I go out with them all the time. At the end of the night, the drinkers can't speak or think; and the pot head (me!) is driving them all home safely.
Alcohol absolutely makes people worthless
The secret about pot- not only does it not make you dumb, it actually INCREASES critical thinking and creative skills areas of brain
god dam drugies! cant stand it with all these peoples on the weed and heron. disgusting. waste of space. my 1 mate did the drugs and now hes dead. happens all the time. why dont people just drink, no harm in that, innit. these drugs they get in your bones. disgusting. what you want to do is get these drugies of to that afaganstan, sort em out proper.
na your not getting it!!! Alcohol and weed are two different things like. Weed is a drug and a class A and therefore itis VERY bad for you. Alcohol is in drinks and is legal so therefore it cant do no harm. Grow up and wisen up. The government always has our best interests at heart, why would they lie!!! No ones ever died from drinking alcohol :). But look at the number of deaths from people who have used drugs before. bloody load of em. dam drugies
It is time to legalize all drugs. The so-called "war on drugs" killed thousands of people. If an individual wants to take drugs in his/her home, no one has the right to stop him/her. It is individual freedom. Criminalization of drugs is a violation of civil liberty.
@AquaticRobot Cant't legalize these drugs, and control them. Because the law makers goodbuddies would not be able to hook you up at the local pharmacy!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"That's political suicide." ? So standing up for what you believe in is less important than how people view you? I don't get Fox, typical propaganda bs.
why would it get worse? drug addicts could get help a lot easier, they wouldnt get thrown in jail, cops would have more time to chase down murderers. We wouldnt need as many cops so korruption within law enforcement would go down. No one would get drugs from dealers, drugs would be of better and safer quality, people wouldnt get hep c or hiv from exchanging needles... I only see good things coming out of legalization...
you know, drugs have only really been linked to crime since they were made a crime. if they were legal, people wouldnt turn to such measures to get it like killing people. so, pretty much, the fact that they are illegal is probably what causes that havoc you close minded prick.
My kids don't consume alcohol, for we've instructed them of it's danger. My kids don't smoke tobacco for the same reasons. What makes some believe that if drugs were decriminalized that people would instantly become "addicts"? Illicit drugs are pricey, leading to burglary, theft, and even an occasional murder.
Double major economics and philosophy. Philosophy encompasses a large collection of ideas, so I assume that the field of philosophy to which you were exposed was irrational philosophy. I deal in rational philosophy (e.g. Aristotelian). I deal not with whims and irrationality but with logic and reasoning, from which I can derive fundamental rights of man.
So you would rather forfeit our freedom of choice? You would rather, instead of letting the markets decide, have a central planner?
No, I have myself reviewed the subject and its many participants throughout many periods of history i.e. Plato, Aristotelian period, Enlightenment Era, Post-Modernism, etc)
My area is actually INST.
However, I will be brief. I do not favor a central planner approach. I do favor globalization and a global change of human consciousness. I am also a former advocate of leg. but today advocate a liberal world....using marijuana however is, in my opinion, illogical, and irrational.
I agree: using marijuana or any sort of substance to artificially alter the state of mind is irrational by nature, for the consequences of such action do not further one's life but diminish it.
However, drug laws take away the people's right to choose in order to force them to be rational. That action in itself is contradictory, for one is rational by choice. Hence, although I would never resort to irrational behavior (drugs), I am for giving people the right to choose.
that is the stupidest thing i have ever heard. your saying that you guys are a nation of decency and the rights of others because you put thousands of innocent people in jail for smoking a natural plant when all it does is make them feel good. that alone proves that you guys are an indecent nation and you do not respect the rights of others. at all
@Gunmetallink12 soooooooo true.. our government is a joke, theyd rather spend billions of dollars trying to jail innocent people then spend money on transportation or educating our youth
Man is conscious and has free will; therefore, he may choose anything that does not encroach on another's fundamental rights. Similarly, this does not give a government the power to restrict the right to choose. The ultimate choice is, therefore, the choice between life and death; a man with the right to choose, has the right to choose furthering death by drugs, if he so wishes. Just as he may not impinge on another's right to choose, no one else may strip away his own rights.
Think about all of the money that is made by arresting, processing, and imprisioning all of the people that are brought up on drug charges. Thats a huge chunk of money. The people that make that money won't let go of it quitely.
Just look at it this way. Do you want the government telling you what you can or cant do in the privacy of your own home? i didnt think so. The federal government ought to enact some sort of law allowing marijuana to be consumed as long as it is done in a responsible manner and not in public.
The United States has the most people in prison out of any country in the world... I mean why send these taxpaying citizens to jail for possession of drugs, where our own tax money goes to support these prisoners who are no longer contributing to society. I think we should rethink that, and maybe give people the chance to fix their drug problems with professional help, rather than sending desperate people to jail..
There are alot of reasons to legalize not only marijuana but all drugs. One is that the availubility of drugs to underaged teens would decrease. I know at least in my area it is easier for kids to obtain marijuana then alcohol or tabacco (you don't get carded for something you buy illegally). If we ever legalize marijuana, it would probably be treated like hard liquor.
The principle thing that prohibition does is Create a black market and make criminals and corrupt officials rich. I guarantee that the drug problem will get a Lot worse until they legalize all drugs. Drug use is a Matter of Freedom as an American.
I actually think theres a lot of small town police departments that are addicted to federal funding, asset seizures, and power.
Because it would reduce crime, and we can devote more resources to addiction prevention and treatment for harder drugs. If you haven't noticed, making it illegal did nothing to make drug abuse go away, and now we have thousands of people in jail when they should be in rehab.
It is not them, who decides what is legal, it is us. A government can not go against its nation, that is civil treason.
Once we have enough states to agree, and a policy in place, it will no longer be illegal. Again.
Poverty is the problem. Not drugs. Poverty causes the poor to use what they can afford for entertainment. Poverty makes those who are poor, try to become better off. That is what leads to crime.
Most users are not poor. Most are under control, because of marijuana.
Take away drugs, and they will steal TV's, take away TV's, and they will steal computers, take away computers, and they will steal books, take away books, and they will steal your words, take away your words, and... Ahhh, finally... silence...
I like this game, make coffee illegal next, and then sugar, and then cars, and then alcohol again, and then cigarettes, and then solar radiation, and then asbestos break-pads, and then Twinkies, and then anything that is not NERF, and then...
Most pro-drug legalization supporters get discredited and ignored because they start to bring up the possibility of legalizing every controlled substance. Honestly, substances like methamphetamine, heroin, and crack cocaine should never be legalized because of the substantial physical and emotional damage they inflict on people. However, if marijuana was properly taxed and regulated like alcohol, it would free up our law enforcement and the 800,000 people put in prison for possession every year
Well let's get the facts straight. The War on Drugs is Capitalist Drug company policy that assures people get their "fix" from prescription drugs, many of which are more potent, addictive, and harmful than marijuna and alcohol (which is a drug). Marijuana CANNOT be confused with other more harmful drugs such as Heroin, Cocaine, Methamphetamines and others, since it is not chemically addictive and does not create chemical dependence.
We need to kick it up a notch. It's not just about pot. Infact it's not about pot. What about prescription drugs? Why do I need a doctor, pharmeceutical rep, and the government to get between me and my medicine. It keeps prices up and quality down. Let's get rid of all drug control and really bring down the cost of HealthCare. If you want the FDA fine, but make it a choice!! Talk to me!!!
Legalized weed would free up a huge chunk of resources to interdict stuff that actually hurts people, like meth. Marijuana prohibition is pointless because marijuana is harmless.
They will never legalize. The police make way too much money from it. The Banks make way too much money from it. Read "Crossing The Rubicon", by Mike Ruppert. Chapter 3 lays it all out.
I am not hopeless about it, just realistic. It really is a huge windfall for police departments. Not so much for the Tax payers. Hundreds of vehicles are seized and auctioned. That money does not get put back into the local communities....
yeah, but police don't make laws, they can't stop the ball we've started rolling. Have you seen the gains we've been making in the news?
sorry to be all preachy but me, being someone very involved with drug policy, is kinda peeved by seeing someone who supports the cause but doesn't endorse it, especially since the movement has started rolling strong in the last few years.
America is going to turn itself inside out if it doesn't get its head screwed on straight about drugs. People try to ignore drugs or demonize them and the goverment just loves getting rich off it. Marijuana is just the tip of the iceberg. Let's stop throwing logic out the window, putting so much hate on non violent drug users.
yea i'm from uk people talk about it here, you know it would terminate the black market and resolve alot of crime, killings, gang wars, prostitution, but the thing is what our goverments proberly think is like how you suppose to sell heroin and crack and hardcore drugs like thatu know it reks peoples lives and its not really recreational
How do tobacco and alcohol companies continue selling thier products when they know, statistically, that the product causes not only bodily harm (cancer, liver damage etc) but also contributes to crime rates, car crashes, and violence?
Maybe it's the big wad of money that keeps them quiet, and OK with selling it. ...
Prohibition only creates a black market. The only people making money off of the demand for drugs are people who are willing to break the laws (in more ways than selling drugs. Violence, anyone?) Make drugs legal and people who profit will be pharmacists who KNOW something about drugs. Ever met a guy selling cocaine who knows what the LD-50 index is? Didn't think so.
You're so on the money. By the way, drug use is rampant in prison as well. Despite all the things they do to try to keep drugs out of prison, people still find ways to smuggle them in. Face it-this war can NEVER be won. Legalize all drugs.
Just like the war on terror can never be won...Its just a way for the govt to employ loads of people. The drug war employs hundreds of thousands of people. On the flip side if drugs were legal and sold at "dispensaries" like medical cannabis, the govt would have complete control over it. People want drugs, and thats not gonna change, so why not use that money to help America get out of the hole that just keeps getting deeper?
Realize that this is all a cycle designed to make money.
Drugs get seized, possibly resold(?) People get thrown in jail, giving jailers their work cut out for them. If we are jailing more people than Western Europe for all their charges combined; for drug charges.. don't we need to reform and refine how we look at this?
Special interests keep this cycle going. It's all about money. Even the naive lemmings that have 100% faith in the drug war.
the only difference between drugs being legal and not,is the cost of the war on them,people that use will use regardless of current laws,I dont plan on changing my use if its ever legalized
drugs shouldnt be treated as a crime.. they should be treated as a sickness.. or something more towards that, and away from ruining someones life by putting them in prision for posessing a substance that they're putting on themselves..
short: Mr. Man, Please dont save me from myself. I think im grown up enough to decide for myself.
i agree but keeping the dangerous ones illegal is still counter productive, there are still many meth and heroin users, making it illegal doesnt do anything,
i mean, why should we put someone in prison so he can stay away from a drug?
what do we care that someone we dont know is doing something that only affects them?
Heroin and meth aren't stupid, chemicals by themselves cause no harm. The problem is people is trying them and getting hooked on them. You may not realize that problems with overdose and violence associated with those drugs are there because they are illegal. Overdose happens because the drugs' purities are not regulated, and violence happens because you have to buy them on the streets and people get ripped off and all that. The threat of prison is obviously not deterring anyone
Weed is far less likely to give you cancer, weeds benefits outweigh the risks.
Many drugs relive pain, such as Tylenol, ibuprofen, and anesthetics, but you can overdose on those and and die. Weed has the same effect, but you cannot overdose on it.
Also on some pain relieving drugs you can might get a sense of euphoria. Weed also give you that same sense.
Alcohol give you a buzz, so does weed. Only weed gives the user more control than alcohol.
Weed should be legalized but cocaine, meth, and all the other drugs should still be illegal. Those other drugs hurt people quite a bit, weed is not that bad. Weed although could give you cancer, cigarettes are far more harmful than weed.
even though some people say you can get addicted to weed it is not true. Most people who cold turkey on weed can stay off it.
If the government did legalize it they could tax and let people grow there own with a license.
Weed should be legalized. There is no reason why alcohol should be and weed shouldnt.
Alcohol is damaging during pregnancy. Also alcohol takes its toll in traffic. 40% of all incidents involving aggression occur while under the influence of alcohol. The police spend 22% of their time on cases involving alcohol.
You can get addicted,you can overdose, and lets not talk about what it does to your health.
Does Fox News even understand the notion of liberty and individual rights for which our Founding Father's advocated and fought? Some people are truly ignorant, and unfortunately, Most people believe the gospel of main stream media. Forgive us founding father's for our big corporation ran news networks know what they are doing but are looking out for their best interest (which is only viable under corrupt, big government). Sorry Constitution...
Even if it was legalised, it would never work, as the government would obviously tax it, and so the illegal drug market would still flourish. This is happening with cigarettes right now, with some reports indicating that if they are taxed much more, that people will just buy untaxed illegal versions, which is ridiculous, the government saying that its only alright to do this drug (tobacco) if we get a cut. Which is frankly ridiculous.
Legalize it all. I believe marijuana should be legalized as a recreational drug. The rest are far more dangerous but should be legal too, but the only way to get them would be to go to a doctor to get them. We have to get the drugs out of the black market and into doctor offices. The amount of money we spend on the drug war a year is 49 billion. Take that money and use it to educate,rehabilitate,not incarcerate.
nobody thinks of the long term consequences. Legalize drugs like cocaine and heroine, we will spend that 49 billion and way more on the sheer amount of the sick and dying 10 years later. It would lead to a social breakdown, as the sheer amount of junkies will be staggering. Its just like cigarettes but much more dangerous and these lead to mental instability which means people would not be able to work or even manage their lives. In the end, like a slow pandemic, we would all suffer
Richi1173 I'm not talking about outrightly legalizing cocaine and heroine. What I meant was that people who are addicted to those drugs could get treatment from doctors with regulated doses. This has been implemented over in Amsterdam with success. I just feel that throwing people in jail for possession is not the right answer. Having drugs in the black market is a drain on the economy and the American taxpayer.
Regulated doses are just as bad as unregulated ones. The damage is still the same. Even a little in a long way can ruin the body, its a very fragile machine. Sure, the immediate results will be good as you have stated, but what about in 20 years? If you mean helping addicts by regularly decreasing their doses with a certified doctor, then yes, i agree. However, drugs should be kept illegal for anybody else. Its better to spend our tax money to protect Americans against possible death.
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How can marijuana be illegal if it has never been proven to of killed a single person from overdose or illness in the 5,000 years of recorded history, while in the next hour ~50 Americans will die from tobacco related illness
drmedmj 3 weeks ago in playlist News Clips
i wish i lived in portugal.
fuckitbitchhh 7 months ago
Many have forgotten that we have lost much freedom of action since the first world war.At the beginning of the 20th century all "drugs" were legal,nobody gave a rat`s ass what you were smoking in your pipe.There was no income taxes,people were living more independently in rural areas,on a family farm.This was the best system for peaceful living,now it has deteriorated so we didn`t improve as a society but have devolved.
108gopis 9 months ago
NOTHING GOOD COMES OUT OF DRUGS...
Sirafrican 9 months ago
@Sirafrican
That's the silliest thing I've ever heard.
AncientGonzoWisdom 4 months ago
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Sirafrican 4 months ago
Not to bring a race issue into this but Being a black male growing up in a black community in my opinion I personally feel that drugs was one of the major contributors to the downfall of black community still to this day. Many people are working class people in the black community and for the majority of them to waste they're income on getting high to cope with all their problems instead of providing for their families is terrible. If you think drugs are good then that's your opinion.
Sirafrican 4 months ago
@Sirafrican
I absolutely agree with you, I'm simply opposed to sweeping generalizations about drugs. Plus, if drugs were legalized, it's safe to say that the drug-related problems in low income/black communities would disappear.
AncientGonzoWisdom 4 months ago
Geez, just legalize them all! And other thing even more ridiculous is prohibiting minors from alcohol and smoking. Why only adults can have it? Because they're more responsible??? YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING!! Oh because we have to protect our youth's health?? THEN WHY DON'T WE ADULTS SET A GOOD EXAMPLE BY PROHIBITING TO EVERYBODY ELSE??? That's one of the things that f**ng pissed me off as a child. F**** HYPOCRISY.
GlobalWarmingBS 11 months ago
If a dumbass wants to ruin his life,
Let them. Why should people waste time, money, and energy on these "drug dealers"? Why should we spend money trying to stop/treat these idiots wasting their lives? Natural selection. The idiots can go ahead and die while the smart, healthy people continue living.
veothrax 11 months ago
@veothrax
The theory is that once drugs become legalized, the negative aspects associated with them (robbing, overdosing, etc.) will become eliminated. And in some cases, choosing to take drugs is, in fact, a "smart, healthy" thing to do. Don't let yourself be brainwashed.
AncientGonzoWisdom 4 months ago
Where there is mind, there will continue to be a need to relieve the mind, from life, undo the pressure valves, release the heartache and pain. The cleanest way may be to meditate on a mountain top for 20 years, but who has the money and time to do that, decriminalise it, for i am my own person, and that plant is god given. Nature knows best, with no known side effects.
streetography 1 year ago
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There are three types of people who support drug prohibition.
1. Those who legally gain employment, power and/or money by exploiting the victims of the war on drugs (ie. district attorneys, judges, lawyers, police officers, the prison industrial complex)
2. Those who profit directly from the black market created by prohibition. (gangsters, drug cartels, mafia, etc.)
3. Mildly retarded people who actually think that the government is protecting her citizens through prohibition.
FeynmanFan99 1 year ago
They love to blend the discussion about legalizing marijuana with legalizing hard drugs. Also they confuse the entire point he makes about hard drugs - he's for decriminalization and strict regulation. For marijuana he's for legalization with strict regulation (exactly like alcohol and tobacco which both pose a far more serious health and social risk)
timothytrout 1 year ago
I think cannabis should be legal but the heavy drugs.. Sure its up to each individual person and maybe not everyone gets addicted, right away.
But the thing is, with most HEAVY drugs, you do get addicted in the end.
It can ruin lives and families etc.
Most legal drugs are dangerous though..
I grew up with my mom who where a alcohol/drug abuser.
The alcohol caused way more dangerous effects on her than the drugs.
But the drugs did their bad part as well.
Drug withdrawal is harsh.
2rs2pure 1 year ago
If there is a government-funded "war" on drugs, there is a lot of treason going on. So many people that want us to "say no" to drugs say "yes" to psychotropic drugging by perscription. This is when children are stamped with some meaningless diagnosis like "bipolar" or ADHD and are then prescribed an addictive drug. But this is perfectly "legal". Strange logic at work in this "drug war".
MegaAnchorite 1 year ago
If there is a government-funded "war" on drugs, there is alot of treason going on. So many people that want us to "say no" to drugs say "yes" to psychotropic drugging by perscription. Children can be stamped with some meaningless diagnosis like "bipolar" or ADHD and is prescribed an addictive drug. Kinda strange.
MegaAnchorite 1 year ago
cocaine isnt that bad for you and when you legalize any drug regulate it, it would be good
tuckerplowden 1 year ago
Has anyone ever met a person who said that the only reason he or she doesn't smoke crack is because it's illegal. If you think that legalization would make use go up, then you are assuming that there are hordes of people like this. Give me a break. The war on drugs does nothing but make criminals rich and cause gun violence.
magiccat12 1 year ago
I honestly don't think heroin, cocaine, and other hard drugs should be legal simply because they are more dangerous than alcohol, tobacco, or marijuana. However I also do not think it is logically possible for the government to control what the people decide to put into their bodies. It is human nature to consume what you want regardless of whether or not it is good for you. I do not think the drug laws will ever stop the drug use. However making marijuana legal could decrease hard drug use! CON
XMrCXify 1 year ago
FOX are fucking hipocriz! They don't want it legalized, they just want more attention/ fans who can actualy relate to FOX on 1 subjects without it just being a racist statement. They KNOW it's just a matter of time before leagalization, they just wana try get their ratings up.
rareisalive 1 year ago
WTF IS THE GOVERNMENT REALY THAT FUCKED IN THE HEAD MABY THIS WOULD STOP THE DRUG WAR BUT I GARENTEE U ITS JUST GOING TO GET WORSE IN TIME PEOPLE WILL DIE,LIVES RUIND,KIDS WILL END UP DOING METH AND HEROIN AT AN EARLY AGE. I COULD UNDERSTAND Y MARY JANE IS GETING LEGALIZED ITS PRACTICALEE HARMLESS BUT HEROIN AND METH ..THIS IS JUST GOING TO FUCK OUR PEOPLE N COUNTRY UP EVEN MORE
123ilovehouse 1 year ago
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Prohibition is a decent idea, but as we can/have seen, it has horrible unintended consequences. Bad policies that started as good ideas went bad because the enforcers are spending other people's money (our money)...
NO ABOLISHMENT OF FREE CHOICE (regarding drugs & prostitution) !!!!!!
cdmillig 1 year ago
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Nadlemnan is an obstinate fool who simply does not understand the difference between alcohol and narcotics- including pot. Alcohol is legally permitted under the assumption that it is consumed BELOW THE LEVEL OF INTOXICATION. That is not how narcotics are used. Although a dangerous drug itself, if alcohol were consumed in the same way people use narcotics it would be just as illegal. Nadelmann is going about this in the wrong way. Legalization will create a nightmare of drug use increase.
rockintetster 1 year ago
Decriminalize hard drugs like heroine and meth. Legalize and safely distribute soft drugs like shrooms and weed. Stupid drug shit!
YoungNubb 1 year ago
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If use goes up....and we're taxing it.....isn't that good?
bbdog141414 1 year ago
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Big0lJh0nson 1 year ago
What do you prefer? To let the people you vote for controlling the drugs, or to let the criminals controlling them?
Prohibition=uncontrollable drug creation and proliferation.
Non prohibition= controllable drug market.
Prohibition leads to addiction to criminal money. This leads to more crimes, and more drugs. It leads to the corruption of the democracies. The sooner we stop prohibition, the sooner we can protect the children, and the elders.
BRUMARTUBE 1 year ago
telling people they cant smoke pot is like telling them they cant jack off.they are both harmless enjoyable activities and it would be an increadible violation of human rights to put them in jail for it.legalize it
noobHNTer 1 year ago 2
I am so sick of phoney do gooders telling me what I can & can't put in my body! I suffer from back pain & have to travel to Florida to get pain medication because unlike other states the pain clinics will help you there. There is nothing free about this country !!!
Vipguy2003 1 year ago
the drug laws in this country have failed for years, I say lets try a different approach and Legalize
drugs like Marijuana and tax them. bring back hemp for manufacturing purposes,
and let the states make some real tax revenue.
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acamogirl 2 years ago
America needs to end the war against Americans!!!
PipeManChuck 2 years ago
Prohibition end it now. Watch this to see how it is so easy to do.
watch?v=HjabEapzXbo
There are more stressed out users on the roads now going across town to get their drugs and driving home loaded than there would be with a legal intoxicant system.
ISamuelII 2 years ago 2
sweep123456789 r u a fucking idiot??? alcohol is one of the fucking main causes of death next to tobacco and i want u to tell me how many ppl have died smoking weed.. dont worry i'll wait. and if u dont know u should take your head out of your ass and learn the truth
trev916 2 years ago 2
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What are you on trev, dont tell me... its the Bromo-benzodifuranyl-isopropylamine better known as bromodragonfly... isn't it. Hey alcohol hasn't done me no harm, i've still got all 5 common senses. We both know that weed kills people, why else would it be illegal.
sweep123456789 2 years ago
Alcohol is worse then weed, in terms of medical effects, however i believe more accidents are reported due to the fact it is legal. if pot was legal we would hear a lot more of fatalities related with it. However i am not concerned with pot, hell if everyone becomes a stoner, the job market will be easier for a guy like me :) but legalizing heroine, crack and meth simply has no benefits.
Gtrplyr1 2 years ago
alcohol doesn't make the people dumber
Marijuana impinges on the central nervous system by attaching to brain's neurons and interfering with normal communication between the neurons
whilemex 2 years ago
@whilemex
Alcohol doesn't make people dumber????
Have you ever tried it? Met someone who was drunk? It absolutely makes you dumber. Both when you're drinking and after years of use. Obviously I'm not saying we should criminalize it, but don't make stupid unsubstantiated claims
macur321 1 year ago 2
Serotonin also attaches to the brain's neurons and interferes with its communication between neurons. So does dopamine, melatonin, norepinephrine, every endorphin, every endocannabinoid, and oh, what do you know...dimethyltryptamine, the strongest psychedelic drug known to man. None of these make people "dumber," but rather they make people who they are. THC does this too, and likewise, that doesn't mean it makes people dumber.
The3rdPlateau 1 year ago
And I certainly hope you realize that alcohol, too, does this. And while it may not make people dumber as a general rule, it certainly impairs their judgement enough to cause them to make some pretty stupid decisions while under its influence. Marijuana, as well as all of the neurotransmitters I mentioned, don't do that.
The3rdPlateau 1 year ago
@whilemex
Well first, ethanol (= alcohol) does alse interfere normal neuronal transmission as do caffeine and nicotine. Second, alcohol does not only interfere synaptic transmission, it also goes right into the cell due to its small molecular size, interfering intracellular signaling as well as those biochemical processes needed to keep the neurons alive. It does that by denaturing the cellular proteins. That's also why we use ethanol to kill bacteria and co. on the workbenches in laboratories
Scorpitarios 1 year ago
So, alcohol could indeed make people dumber by killing neurons. And unlike the vast majority of other recreational drugs, which have quite a specific toxicity profile, alcohol not only damages the neurons but also all the other celltypes in your body.
This whole War on Drugs is bullshit.
Scorpitarios 1 year ago 2
@whilemex Your post conflicts with all of my vast experience. I am a long time pot smoker. Many of my friends are raging alcoholics. I go out with them all the time. At the end of the night, the drinkers can't speak or think; and the pot head (me!) is driving them all home safely.
Alcohol absolutely makes people worthless
The secret about pot- not only does it not make you dumb, it actually INCREASES critical thinking and creative skills areas of brain
It's really the best thing ever!
LEGALIZE
tristramshandy3 1 year ago
god dam drugies! cant stand it with all these peoples on the weed and heron. disgusting. waste of space. my 1 mate did the drugs and now hes dead. happens all the time. why dont people just drink, no harm in that, innit. these drugs they get in your bones. disgusting. what you want to do is get these drugies of to that afaganstan, sort em out proper.
sweep123456789 2 years ago
wow you are a fucking retard,weed is less harmful then alcohol
Do some fucking research before you start bashing every single thing your goverment tells you to bash
And a guy who uses pot every now and then aint no fucking druggie,unless a guy who has a few beers a week is considered an alcoholic
Ignorant douchebag..
ipimees 2 years ago
na your not getting it!!! Alcohol and weed are two different things like. Weed is a drug and a class A and therefore itis VERY bad for you. Alcohol is in drinks and is legal so therefore it cant do no harm. Grow up and wisen up. The government always has our best interests at heart, why would they lie!!! No ones ever died from drinking alcohol :). But look at the number of deaths from people who have used drugs before. bloody load of em. dam drugies
sweep123456789 2 years ago
oh you're a troll,fuck off
ipimees 2 years ago
You are one dumb motherfucker or just trolling.
alanBastard 2 years ago
lol at the end
''forget bout it..''
ipimees 2 years ago
Did you notice the secnd dude who spoke was a drug Czar.
wowamonn 2 years ago
Duh.
rich2rock 2 years ago
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AmericanDrugWar 2 years ago
It is time to legalize all drugs. The so-called "war on drugs" killed thousands of people. If an individual wants to take drugs in his/her home, no one has the right to stop him/her. It is individual freedom. Criminalization of drugs is a violation of civil liberty.
AquaticRobot 2 years ago 22
@AquaticRobot Cant't legalize these drugs, and control them. Because the law makers goodbuddies would not be able to hook you up at the local pharmacy!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ryan81875 1 year ago
jesusfuckingchrist you republican christians are dumb. You are stagnant and not progressing your country and new ideas.
You theistic people are dumb!
Domzdream 2 years ago
"That's political suicide." ? So standing up for what you believe in is less important than how people view you? I don't get Fox, typical propaganda bs.
rashock12 2 years ago
FUCK FOX!!!!!!!
christianz2010 2 years ago 2
IN every orifice or hole one cna conceieve.
Fox people and the people who watch the dumb 'news'' show are the very people who are holding your America and the civilized world back.
I can't believe it's even legal.
Domzdream 2 years ago
Cops would have more time to chase down murderers? 40%+ of murders are because of drugs
HardBodyNyC 2 years ago
because of drug illegality you mean.
ProtectoroftheTruth 2 years ago
yes
HardBodyNyC 2 years ago
where did you EXACTLY got that information?
949883 2 years ago
So what % of murder are drug related? more than 40%? less than 40%?
This information is anectdotal.
All the time ive spent in jail, ive lived in NYC my whole life AT LEAST 40% of the murders here are drug related.
I apoligizing for not specifying what the 40% related to.
HardBodyNyC 2 years ago
Drugs create havoc worldwide, and by legitimizing them that havoc will be even worse. The world is not just the US.
anorexicduck 2 years ago
why would it get worse? drug addicts could get help a lot easier, they wouldnt get thrown in jail, cops would have more time to chase down murderers. We wouldnt need as many cops so korruption within law enforcement would go down. No one would get drugs from dealers, drugs would be of better and safer quality, people wouldnt get hep c or hiv from exchanging needles... I only see good things coming out of legalization...
MogglasTV 2 years ago 2
check out Lisbons plan
nieldsb 2 years ago
i'm brazilian and your talking gibberish.
949883 2 years ago
you know, drugs have only really been linked to crime since they were made a crime. if they were legal, people wouldnt turn to such measures to get it like killing people. so, pretty much, the fact that they are illegal is probably what causes that havoc you close minded prick.
cragnog 2 years ago
Exactly!
Well said!
Domzdream 2 years ago
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bronaghhenry 2 years ago
brinaghenry. i highly highly highly doubt that is true. whats your source?
JahLoveOnline 2 years ago
My kids don't consume alcohol, for we've instructed them of it's danger. My kids don't smoke tobacco for the same reasons. What makes some believe that if drugs were decriminalized that people would instantly become "addicts"? Illicit drugs are pricey, leading to burglary, theft, and even an occasional murder.
terrafirma91 2 years ago 4
yeah, and when they legalization we fail, I submit, YET FURTHER STILL.
darkwraith07 2 years ago
...that's not even a sentence in proper English anyone can understand. Please re-submit your comment in a manner I can respond to.
CosgroveAlexander 2 years ago 2
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you are a.....student of philosophy? Of course...
I too have had my experiences with such study....however we are a nation of laws and reason, decency and the rights of others.
We legalize marijuana and our youth will be only lazier and more corrupt than now.....
darkwraith07 2 years ago
Double major economics and philosophy. Philosophy encompasses a large collection of ideas, so I assume that the field of philosophy to which you were exposed was irrational philosophy. I deal in rational philosophy (e.g. Aristotelian). I deal not with whims and irrationality but with logic and reasoning, from which I can derive fundamental rights of man.
So you would rather forfeit our freedom of choice? You would rather, instead of letting the markets decide, have a central planner?
CosgroveAlexander 2 years ago
No, I have myself reviewed the subject and its many participants throughout many periods of history i.e. Plato, Aristotelian period, Enlightenment Era, Post-Modernism, etc)
My area is actually INST.
However, I will be brief. I do not favor a central planner approach. I do favor globalization and a global change of human consciousness. I am also a former advocate of leg. but today advocate a liberal world....using marijuana however is, in my opinion, illogical, and irrational.
darkwraith07 2 years ago
What sort of change?
I agree: using marijuana or any sort of substance to artificially alter the state of mind is irrational by nature, for the consequences of such action do not further one's life but diminish it.
However, drug laws take away the people's right to choose in order to force them to be rational. That action in itself is contradictory, for one is rational by choice. Hence, although I would never resort to irrational behavior (drugs), I am for giving people the right to choose.
CosgroveAlexander 2 years ago 2
that is the stupidest thing i have ever heard. your saying that you guys are a nation of decency and the rights of others because you put thousands of innocent people in jail for smoking a natural plant when all it does is make them feel good. that alone proves that you guys are an indecent nation and you do not respect the rights of others. at all
brutalhumandeath 2 years ago 16
@brutalhumandeath please do not associate the people of the U.S. with the U.S. Government.
Gunmetallink12 9 months ago
@Gunmetallink12 soooooooo true.. our government is a joke, theyd rather spend billions of dollars trying to jail innocent people then spend money on transportation or educating our youth
brakeboyz420 3 months ago
Human nature over REASON? I think NOT.
darkwraith07 2 years ago
Man is conscious and has free will; therefore, he may choose anything that does not encroach on another's fundamental rights. Similarly, this does not give a government the power to restrict the right to choose. The ultimate choice is, therefore, the choice between life and death; a man with the right to choose, has the right to choose furthering death by drugs, if he so wishes. Just as he may not impinge on another's right to choose, no one else may strip away his own rights.
CosgroveAlexander 2 years ago
But man also may evolve his mind to a higher and greater consciousness than substance abuse and tainted thought.
darkwraith07 2 years ago
everyone who favors legalization I take it has smoked weed?
Pathetic.
darkwraith07 2 years ago
I have never done any drugs and I never will. I therefore demonstrate that your statement is false.
CosgroveAlexander 2 years ago
not everyone. I submit to you that I have experimented in such areas and still favor keeping such substances illegal.
darkwraith07 2 years ago
Time to legalize drugs? No, u FUCKING IDIOTS.
darkwraith07 2 years ago
the only reason they wont is because they'll hate the loss of money and power
earfetish 2 years ago
Marijuana would fix all of this.;-)
Killnem301 2 years ago 2
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liben1 2 years ago
Think about all of the money that is made by arresting, processing, and imprisioning all of the people that are brought up on drug charges. Thats a huge chunk of money. The people that make that money won't let go of it quitely.
frogmaster3950 2 years ago 2
us govt is responsible for the flourishing of traffickers worldwide
pjicleanair420 2 years ago
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pjicleanair420 2 years ago
Just look at it this way. Do you want the government telling you what you can or cant do in the privacy of your own home? i didnt think so. The federal government ought to enact some sort of law allowing marijuana to be consumed as long as it is done in a responsible manner and not in public.
soccer305 2 years ago
The United States has the most people in prison out of any country in the world... I mean why send these taxpaying citizens to jail for possession of drugs, where our own tax money goes to support these prisoners who are no longer contributing to society. I think we should rethink that, and maybe give people the chance to fix their drug problems with professional help, rather than sending desperate people to jail..
Roahn3 2 years ago
"How would legalization solve the problem?"
--- EeeeeZyyyyy!!
LukaszMrowka 2 years ago
There are alot of reasons to legalize not only marijuana but all drugs. One is that the availubility of drugs to underaged teens would decrease. I know at least in my area it is easier for kids to obtain marijuana then alcohol or tabacco (you don't get carded for something you buy illegally). If we ever legalize marijuana, it would probably be treated like hard liquor.
strawberrydye 2 years ago 6
LEGALIZE PSYCHEDELICS.
lysergicaddict 2 years ago 2
keep drugs illegal.
lysergicaddict 2 years ago
budz. no point in it being so
clugerfinder 2 years ago
The principle thing that prohibition does is Create a black market and make criminals and corrupt officials rich. I guarantee that the drug problem will get a Lot worse until they legalize all drugs. Drug use is a Matter of Freedom as an American.
I actually think theres a lot of small town police departments that are addicted to federal funding, asset seizures, and power.
EggFooDungBung 2 years ago 21
wow wtf why would you legalize all drugs crack , meth , and herion........my country is mother fuckin crazy.....just simply legalize marijuana
napkin180 2 years ago
agreed (:
TwoBitKanine 2 years ago
Because it would reduce crime, and we can devote more resources to addiction prevention and treatment for harder drugs. If you haven't noticed, making it illegal did nothing to make drug abuse go away, and now we have thousands of people in jail when they should be in rehab.
goatse42 2 years ago
It is not them, who decides what is legal, it is us. A government can not go against its nation, that is civil treason.
Once we have enough states to agree, and a policy in place, it will no longer be illegal. Again.
Poverty is the problem. Not drugs. Poverty causes the poor to use what they can afford for entertainment. Poverty makes those who are poor, try to become better off. That is what leads to crime.
Most users are not poor. Most are under control, because of marijuana.
PalmTwister 2 years ago
Take away drugs, and they will steal TV's, take away TV's, and they will steal computers, take away computers, and they will steal books, take away books, and they will steal your words, take away your words, and... Ahhh, finally... silence...
I like this game, make coffee illegal next, and then sugar, and then cars, and then alcohol again, and then cigarettes, and then solar radiation, and then asbestos break-pads, and then Twinkies, and then anything that is not NERF, and then...
PalmTwister 2 years ago 5
twinkies are the real gateway drug
juggalox8 2 years ago 3
who the fuck is that douche talking out of his ass at the end. what the fuck does he know about anything?
pxxner 2 years ago
legalize cannabis.....BOYCOTT KELLOGG'S!!!!!!!! (an exclamation point for every medal)
rainegod888 3 years ago 3
legalize cannabis!
vthokie900 3 years ago
Most pro-drug legalization supporters get discredited and ignored because they start to bring up the possibility of legalizing every controlled substance. Honestly, substances like methamphetamine, heroin, and crack cocaine should never be legalized because of the substantial physical and emotional damage they inflict on people. However, if marijuana was properly taxed and regulated like alcohol, it would free up our law enforcement and the 800,000 people put in prison for possession every year
VulgarMongoose 3 years ago 4
Well let's get the facts straight. The War on Drugs is Capitalist Drug company policy that assures people get their "fix" from prescription drugs, many of which are more potent, addictive, and harmful than marijuna and alcohol (which is a drug). Marijuana CANNOT be confused with other more harmful drugs such as Heroin, Cocaine, Methamphetamines and others, since it is not chemically addictive and does not create chemical dependence.
jgroat68 3 years ago
We need to kick it up a notch. It's not just about pot. Infact it's not about pot. What about prescription drugs? Why do I need a doctor, pharmeceutical rep, and the government to get between me and my medicine. It keeps prices up and quality down. Let's get rid of all drug control and really bring down the cost of HealthCare. If you want the FDA fine, but make it a choice!! Talk to me!!!
123talktome3 3 years ago
Legalized weed would free up a huge chunk of resources to interdict stuff that actually hurts people, like meth. Marijuana prohibition is pointless because marijuana is harmless.
NewColdness 3 years ago
I am suffering !!!!
sociablyclussy 3 years ago
Legalize it all, as long as I can smoke my Marijuana, I'll be happy, and what everyone else does, aint my buisness
shersondf 3 years ago 3
legalize marijuana!
Lifter85 3 years ago
thats actually why they SHOULD legalize drugs...b/c the govn't is fuckin corrupt and they choose money of human life-fuck them pencil pushin faggots
Lifter85 3 years ago
They will never legalize. The police make way too much money from it. The Banks make way too much money from it. Read "Crossing The Rubicon", by Mike Ruppert. Chapter 3 lays it all out.
joeftw18 3 years ago
don't be so hopeless, we're starting to gain ground again finally.
rahmid 3 years ago
I am not hopeless about it, just realistic. It really is a huge windfall for police departments. Not so much for the Tax payers. Hundreds of vehicles are seized and auctioned. That money does not get put back into the local communities....
joeftw18 3 years ago
yeah, but police don't make laws, they can't stop the ball we've started rolling. Have you seen the gains we've been making in the news?
sorry to be all preachy but me, being someone very involved with drug policy, is kinda peeved by seeing someone who supports the cause but doesn't endorse it, especially since the movement has started rolling strong in the last few years.
rahmid 3 years ago
legalize!!
(marijuana)
mikethecoug 3 years ago
the government is making money off the drugs so they will never legalize it.
PEOPLE WAKE UP !!!
All the money spent on watching drug dealers for years when all they need is a few days.
Come on ....
You think AMERICA is STOOPID !
stoopid is waaaay stoopider than stupid.
goodgooglegoo 3 years ago
Yeah the government is making money. That's why we're trillions of dollars in debt...
JKillaii 3 years ago
You trust the government ?
You actually believe the government would share the truth with AMERICA ?
government = cops = politicians
everything is hush hush
until they release what they want you to believe.
goodgooglegoo 3 years ago
America is going to turn itself inside out if it doesn't get its head screwed on straight about drugs. People try to ignore drugs or demonize them and the goverment just loves getting rich off it. Marijuana is just the tip of the iceberg. Let's stop throwing logic out the window, putting so much hate on non violent drug users.
Vriess1 3 years ago 7
yea i'm from uk people talk about it here, you know it would terminate the black market and resolve alot of crime, killings, gang wars, prostitution, but the thing is what our goverments proberly think is like how you suppose to sell heroin and crack and hardcore drugs like thatu know it reks peoples lives and its not really recreational
nord10 3 years ago 7
How do tobacco and alcohol companies continue selling thier products when they know, statistically, that the product causes not only bodily harm (cancer, liver damage etc) but also contributes to crime rates, car crashes, and violence?
Maybe it's the big wad of money that keeps them quiet, and OK with selling it. ...
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Fastlan3 3 years ago
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Fastlan3 3 years ago
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sociablyclussy 3 years ago
Prohibition only creates a black market. The only people making money off of the demand for drugs are people who are willing to break the laws (in more ways than selling drugs. Violence, anyone?) Make drugs legal and people who profit will be pharmacists who KNOW something about drugs. Ever met a guy selling cocaine who knows what the LD-50 index is? Didn't think so.
ZombieRabite 3 years ago 9
"ok fair enough, certain drugs can ruin peoples lives
then, how is it logical that imprisoning a drug user is gonna make their lives any better?
people who want to do drugs are gonna do drugs, no matter if its illegal or not."
Well said, if the government cares so much about the people, then why imprison them, and not offer rehabilitation counciling?
Weed should be legal.
djkccasem 3 years ago 4
You're so on the money. By the way, drug use is rampant in prison as well. Despite all the things they do to try to keep drugs out of prison, people still find ways to smuggle them in. Face it-this war can NEVER be won. Legalize all drugs.
VitalSigns1 3 years ago 5
Just like the war on terror can never be won...Its just a way for the govt to employ loads of people. The drug war employs hundreds of thousands of people. On the flip side if drugs were legal and sold at "dispensaries" like medical cannabis, the govt would have complete control over it. People want drugs, and thats not gonna change, so why not use that money to help America get out of the hole that just keeps getting deeper?
GoDJuNkeR 3 years ago 6
... When *did* the Gov't care about the people?
Lilaan 3 years ago 2
legalise and stop leting the drug deaalers kill and get rich,it makes no sence.
holyshhhit 3 years ago 4
Don't forget about the oinkers that will lose funding if crime goes down.
sociablyclussy 3 years ago
CONT.
-should rethink their opinions and find some truth for themselves.
mirroredderorrim 3 years ago
Realize that this is all a cycle designed to make money.
Drugs get seized, possibly resold(?) People get thrown in jail, giving jailers their work cut out for them. If we are jailing more people than Western Europe for all their charges combined; for drug charges.. don't we need to reform and refine how we look at this?
Special interests keep this cycle going. It's all about money. Even the naive lemmings that have 100% faith in the drug war.
mirroredderorrim 3 years ago 2
the only difference between drugs being legal and not,is the cost of the war on them,people that use will use regardless of current laws,I dont plan on changing my use if its ever legalized
Ganjatom420 3 years ago 3
ok fair enough, certain drugs can ruin peoples lives
then, how is it logical that imprisoning a drug user is gonna make their lives any better?
people who want to do drugs are gonna do drugs, no matter if its illegal or not.
kmish213 3 years ago 7
drugs shouldnt be treated as a crime.. they should be treated as a sickness.. or something more towards that, and away from ruining someones life by putting them in prision for posessing a substance that they're putting on themselves..
short: Mr. Man, Please dont save me from myself. I think im grown up enough to decide for myself.
xTheSimulatorx 3 years ago
Only weed should be legalized.
Coke is addictive, very addictive.(Anyone that has done it, or does it currently will tell you that)
Heroin and Meth are just stupid. Never should they be legalized.
Weed is not harmful, not addictive, and very safe. Why Not?
myaccount247 3 years ago 2
i agree but keeping the dangerous ones illegal is still counter productive, there are still many meth and heroin users, making it illegal doesnt do anything,
i mean, why should we put someone in prison so he can stay away from a drug?
what do we care that someone we dont know is doing something that only affects them?
kmish213 3 years ago 2
Heroin and meth aren't stupid, chemicals by themselves cause no harm. The problem is people is trying them and getting hooked on them. You may not realize that problems with overdose and violence associated with those drugs are there because they are illegal. Overdose happens because the drugs' purities are not regulated, and violence happens because you have to buy them on the streets and people get ripped off and all that. The threat of prison is obviously not deterring anyone
andrewh817 3 years ago 3
Weed is far less likely to give you cancer, weeds benefits outweigh the risks.
Many drugs relive pain, such as Tylenol, ibuprofen, and anesthetics, but you can overdose on those and and die. Weed has the same effect, but you cannot overdose on it.
Also on some pain relieving drugs you can might get a sense of euphoria. Weed also give you that same sense.
Alcohol give you a buzz, so does weed. Only weed gives the user more control than alcohol.
Alcohol make the user violent but weed calms u.
munkyboi 3 years ago
Weed should be legalized but cocaine, meth, and all the other drugs should still be illegal. Those other drugs hurt people quite a bit, weed is not that bad. Weed although could give you cancer, cigarettes are far more harmful than weed.
even though some people say you can get addicted to weed it is not true. Most people who cold turkey on weed can stay off it.
If the government did legalize it they could tax and let people grow there own with a license.
"more on next post."
munkyboi 3 years ago
You Americans crack me up, you can legally buy an assualt rifle but a bit of weed will get you thrown into prison.
coffeebuzzz 3 years ago 2
Weed should be legalized. There is no reason why alcohol should be and weed shouldnt.
Alcohol is damaging during pregnancy. Also alcohol takes its toll in traffic. 40% of all incidents involving aggression occur while under the influence of alcohol. The police spend 22% of their time on cases involving alcohol.
You can get addicted,you can overdose, and lets not talk about what it does to your health.
w04xam 3 years ago
Just legalize bud, not all that other trash. There is NO reason for weed not to be legal.
BurtonRMC 3 years ago
Finnaly at least
on of them is getting smart
Cam3rO0n 3 years ago
Does Fox News even understand the notion of liberty and individual rights for which our Founding Father's advocated and fought? Some people are truly ignorant, and unfortunately, Most people believe the gospel of main stream media. Forgive us founding father's for our big corporation ran news networks know what they are doing but are looking out for their best interest (which is only viable under corrupt, big government). Sorry Constitution...
jfej004 3 years ago
see the tv says Drugs (meth,heroin,cocaine)
but herb is a plant; the bud of a natural plant
Socalplyr213 3 years ago
TV ppl are stupid they think HERB supporters do NOT want Meth,cocaine,heroin legal!
only WEED
Socalplyr213 3 years ago
just legalize bud already
malenurse91 3 years ago
Marijuana and hemp are the best things we can do for our economy.
DarthCheney420 3 years ago
Ugh why do people post bullshit from corporate news? Especially FOX!? *shudders*
kiasta 3 years ago 3
it time to legalize marijuana it is safest drug
hanson049756 3 years ago 3
It's not actually. Far from it. See the Lancet's piece. But I agree: legalise marihuana. :)
BryanAJParry 3 years ago
the light at the end of the tunnel
Gorillan08 3 years ago
i hate how ignorant reporters always group all drugs together as the same thing.
rotelax 3 years ago 3
Even if it was legalised, it would never work, as the government would obviously tax it, and so the illegal drug market would still flourish. This is happening with cigarettes right now, with some reports indicating that if they are taxed much more, that people will just buy untaxed illegal versions, which is ridiculous, the government saying that its only alright to do this drug (tobacco) if we get a cut. Which is frankly ridiculous.
rainbowsandhappiness 3 years ago
never legalize heroine, marijuana, ok. do it.
ps. britain isnt even considering it =(
EEwisewolf 3 years ago
Legalize it all. I believe marijuana should be legalized as a recreational drug. The rest are far more dangerous but should be legal too, but the only way to get them would be to go to a doctor to get them. We have to get the drugs out of the black market and into doctor offices. The amount of money we spend on the drug war a year is 49 billion. Take that money and use it to educate,rehabilitate,not incarcerate.
red95tsi 3 years ago 2
nobody thinks of the long term consequences. Legalize drugs like cocaine and heroine, we will spend that 49 billion and way more on the sheer amount of the sick and dying 10 years later. It would lead to a social breakdown, as the sheer amount of junkies will be staggering. Its just like cigarettes but much more dangerous and these lead to mental instability which means people would not be able to work or even manage their lives. In the end, like a slow pandemic, we would all suffer
richi1173 3 years ago
Richi1173 I'm not talking about outrightly legalizing cocaine and heroine. What I meant was that people who are addicted to those drugs could get treatment from doctors with regulated doses. This has been implemented over in Amsterdam with success. I just feel that throwing people in jail for possession is not the right answer. Having drugs in the black market is a drain on the economy and the American taxpayer.
red95tsi 3 years ago
Regulated doses are just as bad as unregulated ones. The damage is still the same. Even a little in a long way can ruin the body, its a very fragile machine. Sure, the immediate results will be good as you have stated, but what about in 20 years? If you mean helping addicts by regularly decreasing their doses with a certified doctor, then yes, i agree. However, drugs should be kept illegal for anybody else. Its better to spend our tax money to protect Americans against possible death.
richi1173 3 years ago