3 Absurd Reasons for Banning Drugs

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Dr. Stephen Davies discusses what he feels are the three most strange and bizarre reasons for banning drugs. The first of these reasons for prohibiting drugs was to stop respectable white girls from using drugs and reproducing with men of other races. This argument was used in the United States in the 1890s to ban opiates and was used again to ban cannabis in the 1930s. The second bizarre reason for prohibiting drugs revolved around the claim that the drug trade was part of an international conspiracy run by nefarious interests. These theories ranged anywhere from conspiracies about communism to conspiracies about lizards and aliens. The third and final reason provided was to stop people from becoming unproductive members of society who only want to have a good time.

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[Halopedian]

The first reason is definitely one of the major reasons for drug bans, and one of the most bullshit. The second is ironic, because banning is only giving international crime organizations more power. The third is absolute shit, if that's how people want to live their lives that's their right.

Unfortunately, these idiotic justifications have resulted in a hypocritic system that allows two horrid drugs while stigmatizing others systematically and denying itself the revenue that could come from it

[thousandstrong]

@Adeezywasheezy You brought up an isolated incident. It doesn't mean that it will be as damaging for everyone just because it was for that girl. Listen does everyone that drinks a beer become an alcoholic? You bringing up this one case isn't proof that cannabis is more damaging than either tobacco or alcohol. Show me some studies that show that ingesting cannabis is more physically or psychologically damaging than tobacco and alchohol and you will change my mind.

[TheSmackerlacker]

@Adeezywasheezy You watch MTV, and you can't spell "pregnant".

What makes you think that anyone gives a shit what you think? The people on those shows are just as stupid and ignorant as you are, and certainly not representative of normal people.

[jaykgrey]

@Adeezywasheezy

Hah. Cars are bad for people, it should be illegal because in one show I saw a girl who screamed and flipped a bitch because she couldn't drive her car. I believe that show is called almost every home in America.

[ohedd]

The interesting idea about number two is that just that actually happened in China a few hundred years ago lol.

[crazypants88]

Excellent!

[bryankruman]

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[ADDTHECHANGEREACTION]

Nice

[amazeblaze]

good ad

[xxxCHANCExxx]

@Adeezywasheezy That's because she was probably an idiot in the first place. She is not a good representation of all pot smokers. Just like how Jersey Shore is not a good representation of all people who live in New Jersey.