Drew Carey and Reason.tv - Battle of the Bacon Dogs

In "Food Fight: Battle of the Bacon Dogs," reason.tv host Drew Carey takes a long look at the human cost of trying to prohibit trade in oh-so-tasty treats.

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News & Politics

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• reason.tv
• drew
• carey
• food
• bacon
• dogs
• nanny
• state
• los
• angeles

[n8kas2]

A bureaucratic parasite keeping hardworking people from making the money they need to support themselves. Yeah you big government types really care about the poor. All because he needs to justify his paycheck and socialist ideology. Land of the free my ass.

[CountArtha]

I'm so sick of Public Health (pun intended).

[ZM7241994]

@iLitka I doubt making rehab mandatory would work because we can't force people to stop doing drugs. We can force them to attend rehab and that will probably keep them off dope for as long as they are in it. The question is will they stay off the drugs once they get out of rehab and sadly many addicts have a relapse. Even addicts who want to stay clean end up back on drugs after rehab and this causes me to question your theory.

[Desnoxvu]

screw these health dept nazis, they want war? Give it to them.

[iLitka]

@ZM7241994 We could make rehab mandatory. It would be far better than prison and actually give the user a chance at recovery. You do no good to just lock someone up. Addiction is a medical issue, often times people are undergoing mental struggle be it stress, depression, ignorance, etc and turn to drugs. If someone is abusing heroin bc they are depressed, what good does prison do if user doesn't learn how to cope with their depression? None. Chances are they will abuse again when they get out

[iLitka]

@ZM7241994 The illegality forces the drugs into an underground market. This makes the drugs not only more dangerous, but a taboo topic for kids to openly discuss with their elders and/or peers. If they are interested in these the nature of drugs, they are forced to look to less trustworthy sources and/or themselves for info. This is dangerous. Regulating these drugs would not only make them safer but also present a better environment to ask ?'s and seek real answers. Not some B.S. DARE program.

[ZM7241994]

@iLitka Perhaps you're right but I have my doubts about your theory. If people are willing to risk fines and/or imprisonment for these drugs how will legalizing them change anything? You mentioned sending drug addicts to rehab centers but we have them now. Are we going to force them to go?

[iLitka]

Any moron with half a brain knows that hard drugs are bad for you. Making them illegal does nothing to curb the problem. If you want to correct the problem, you need to know what leads people to abusing hard drugs, and fix it. Thats how you solve the problem, NOT by making decisions for other people, which is unjust AND stupid. You could put an unlimited amount of heroin in front of me, and I wouldn't touch it for $1Billion. You can't legislate morality. AndyouIgnored my Portugal point, figured.

[iLitka]

@ZM7241994

They are absolutely unjust. The government has no right to tell people what they can, and can't put into their own bodies. Granted, that only goes as far as the individual is concerned. Not too many people smoke marijuana? You are DELUSIONAL. I agree with you about it not being a drug, but that doesn't mean it isn't a HUGE part of the War on Drugs. Anything can be abused. Hell, water will kill you if you drink too much. Should we outlaw h2o? Gotta protect the people from themselves!

[ZM7241994]

@iLitka I can understand why you brought up marijuana but I wasn't referring to it in my previous comment. I don't really consider it to be a drug but still not too many people smoke marijuana. The War on Drugs isn't stopping anything? That's not true. The govt being doing it's best to decrease the amount of drugs that are flowing, and have stopped a considerable amount, into the country but they aren't given the support they need. You may call these anti-drug laws stupid, but not unjust.