@RamOfPeace
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War on drugs
Posted by bumboklatt
if drugs were legalized govmnt would change drasticallythats the reason they dont legalize it IMO
imagine people on shrooms or high all the time?
society would change maybe for better or for worse? cant tell without a ttry
http://www.drugwarfacts.org/cms/Netherlands_v_US#sthash.CP7gV0XG.dpbs
not this again
Posted by Scrumptious
not this again
The door is over there, help yourself. You can also block me.
I agree. The government could use drugs to fully control and take over the population. The best part is most of the population will beg for it. Oh wait, there's alcohol.
Posted by Scrumptious
not this againThe door is over there, help yourself. You can also block me.
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Forbidden fruit is always sweeter.
I'm also mighty sick of pharma companies hauling money by the trillions. And tired of accidental addiction cases, because some grey haired moron decided that you need a 2 week regumen of oxycodone for your post root canal recovery.
Posted by bumboklatt
if drugs were legalized govmnt would change drasticallythats the reason they dont legalize it IMO
imagine people on shrooms or high all the time?
society would change maybe for better or for worse? cant tell without a ttry
http://www.drugwarfacts.org/cms/Netherlands_v_US#sthash.CP7gV0XG.dpbs
im guessing thats a US vs Netherlands comparison
well if it is:
USA is so vastly different from Europe in terms of culture . USA is more similar to Mexico than Europe
Why? cause USA is a country with "cowboy" ideals mixed with hardcore govmnt plus massive influx of immigrants cause of the open borders and high crime rates
the Dutch have a unified cultural identity (more so than the US)
USA is a profit country, nothing more, nothing less
work work work
We wouldn't be able to handle it.
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As an immigrant medical worker, I find your opinion of USA cultural diversity to be extremely flat. Nothing personal.
Posted by MIIeFisk
I just want to be able to openly smoke a joint in the park, under a tree, in the summer, and play with random people's dogs.
And here's something more on alcohol:
"According to the study, at the individual level, booze presents the highest risk of death, followed by nicotine, cocaine and heroin, suggesting the risks of alcohol consumption have likely been underestimated in the past. Marijuana was found to be significantly less deadly and sat at the other end of the spectrum, in agreement with previous research which has consistently ranked it as the safest recreational drug. While this may not be what governments want to hear, it highlights the need to use scientific evidence whilst creating policies regarding the use of licit and illicit drugs.
It seems that much of the world made up their mind a long time ago about the dangers of illegal substances. This, combined with the fact that it’s difficult to assess and classify the risk of drug abuse in people, means that few studies exist in which scientists have compared the dangers of different drugs. Furthermore, since illegal drug abuse is regarded as a bigger problem for society than using other known harmful substances, such as alcohol and even various prescription drugs, governments have tended to go for restrictive policies that are more often than not based on emotion and educated guesses."
The study: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4311234/#!po=1.50000
Here are some more real life facts. I think I'd feel sale living with my family near a bar where people gather to smoke pot, rather than an Irish pub of sorts. Have you ever seen a mellow pothead sexually assault his wife and beat his kids vs. having a chronic alcoholic in the same scenario?
Posted by TauroMale22
if drugs were legal...what would all of the nice meth dealers do for a living? selfish.
Shellfish?
" Prescriptions for opioids have risen by 300 percent over the past 10 years — a trend that has fueled, if not created a whole new heroin epidemic.1 Americans use the most opioids of any nation — twice the amount used by Canadians, who come in second place in terms of prescriptions.
So many Americans are on opioids, there's now a huge market for drugs to treat opioid-induced constipation (OIC). A major TV spot for OIC even ran during the televising of the 2016 Super Bowl.2
Meanwhile, the war on (illicit) drugs, which exacts particularly harsh punishment for minor marijuana offenses, has proven itself a miserable failure that actually contributes to the current drug abuse epidemic."
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2016/04/07/war-on-drugs-opioids.aspx
Posted by MIIeFisk
I just want to be able to openly smoke a joint in the park, under a tree, in the summer, and play with random people's dogs.
There's states you can legally smoke the herb now.
Ever smoked a backwoods? Perfect for outdoors and the smell when smoked masks the smell of your herbage.
Op do you really mean ALL drugs? Or just Mary Jane?
Posted by LadyNeptune
Op do you really mean ALL drugs? Or just Mary Jane?
All of them.
Posted by RamOfPeace
All drugs should be legalized. It is in the best interest of the public to do so.The "war on drugs" and the continued criminalization of addiction has led to the formation of murderous drug cartels and the United States having the largest per capita percentage of it's population in the free world imprisoned (at tax payer expense), not to mention burdening law enforcement and clogging the courts.
What keeping drugs illegal has NOT DONE is stop the public from using them.
Prohibition is a failed policy that impinges on liberty and undervalues good old fashion individual responsibility.
P.S. this message does not endorse the alcohol culture, as alcohol is one of the more dangerous drugs out there.
AGREE 1O0%
Shabu ain't cool. They make you act like a fool.
Posted by RamOfPeace
Forbidden fruit is always sweeter.I'm also mighty sick of pharma companies hauling money by the trillions. And tired of accidental addiction cases, because some grey haired moron decided that you need a 2 week regumen of oxycodone for your post root canal recovery.
I don't think I've ever become accidental my addicted with a months prescription after all my surgeries. I mean five major for the past five years. I agree the give them out like candy but I use what I need rest left over for emergencies
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Sadly, there are many who are either less fortunate or simply not well-educated. Also, I remember after my own surgery I received no discharge education whatsoever. Just a bunch of papers, my oxy prescription and a ride home. And NO followup from the surgeon. Which SHOULD be legally considered as malpractice, but under the circumstances it is not.
Not to refer to people as dumb, but some really NEED basic education on post-OP care at home and basic knowledge on any prescription they're taking with them.
Posted by MIIeFisk
I just want to be able to openly smoke a joint in the park, under a tree, in the summer, and play with random people's dogs.There's states you can legally smoke the herb now.
Ever smoked a backwoods? Perfect for outdoors and the smell when smoked masks the smell of your herbage.
Yeah, that's out in the west though. I live in NJ, medical marijuana is the only thing legal and even for that you need like stage 4 cancer or damn near blind from glaucoma. It's not like Cali where you can get some juju quack doctor to write you a script and you can get it filled at a dispensary.
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Move to MA, we're having it up for vote this November.
Posted by MIIeFisk
I just want to be able to openly smoke a joint in the park, under a tree, in the summer, and play with random people's dogs.There's states you can legally smoke the herb now.
Ever smoked a backwoods? Perfect for outdoors and the smell when smoked masks the smell of your herbage.
Yeah, that's out in the west though. I live in NJ, medical marijuana is the only thing legal and even for that you need like stage 4 cancer or damn near blind from glaucoma. It's not like Cali where you can get some juju quack doctor to write you a script and you can get it filled at a dispensary.
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Hey my doctor is legit-ish! we chat over Skype each year and he renews my recommendation. crippling migraine headaches you know...
Posted by MIIeFisk
I just want to be able to openly smoke a joint in the park, under a tree, in the summer, and play with random people's dogs.There's states you can legally smoke the herb now.
Ever smoked a backwoods? Perfect for outdoors and the smell when smoked masks the smell of your herbage.
Yeah, that's out in the west though. I live in NJ, medical marijuana is the only thing legal and even for that you need like stage 4 cancer or damn near blind from glaucoma. It's not like Cali where you can get some juju quack doctor to write you a script and you can get it filled at a dispensary.
Move to MA, we're having it up for vote this November.
Even though we're only like 250 miles apart, New England winters make me ??
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HA! Tell me about it!
I am less educated when it comes to drugs- shabu,cocaine,heroin,marijuana etc.. Lol. I am poor drinker too- drink red wine in 2 shots and I feel heat on my body.poor me.lol
But I did not even regret it. I think very positive and surrounded myself with beautiful mind folks.
Instead of war on drugs that the government allows into the country, they need to have a "war on poverty," like the poet Tupac Shukur once rapped.
Oh and one last pointer. This is just terrifically overfucked:
"America’s prisons are dangerously overcrowded, and the war on drugs is mainly to blame.
Over 50 percent of inmates currently in federal prison are there for drug offenses, according to an infographic recently released by the Federal Bureau of Prisons (see chart below). That percentage has risen fairly consistently over decades, all the way from 16 percent in 1970.
The second-largest category, immigration-related crimes, accounts for 10.6 percent of inmates. (Hold on, let me bold this shit) This means that people convicted of two broad categories of nonviolent crimes — drugs and immigration — make up over 60 percent of the U.S. prison population."
Oh yeah at this age of 38. I looked like 28 in real life.
Your life is shape up by your thoughts.
Yes war on drugs. No to drugs.
Just because the prisons overly crowded doesnt mean you have to legalized it.
Some other countries dont detained the accused prisoner. They just put them into deathrow. Problem solve. Lol. Harsh but real.
Posted by M143
Just because the prisons overly crowded doesnt mean you have to legalized it.Some other countries dont detained the accused prisoner. They just put them into deathrow. Problem solve. Lol. Harsh but real.
You must be missing the point of the current situation we're in, particularly the cause and effect and the consequences that it brings. I have two nurse friends who work in correctional facilities. They bring this issue up every goddamn week.
I'd also add that prescribing psych meds freely like candy by pediatricians to individuals younger than their teens is another fundamental threat and irreversible damage to the developing brain, but my rant on "therapy culture in America" is a thread for another day.
That's a profane ideas legalizing drugs.
I even hard time buying medication treatment for my eyes when it gets dry. It needs prescriptions by a doctor. If not then forget.
There is so called risk in your health.
This is why drugs- cocaine,shabu etc..aren't cool.
Take a dose of it...then you think differently said by many who went to prison for committing various criminal acts..most of them just jump the building where they live. And poof dead.
Posted by M143
Just because the prisons overly crowded doesnt mean you have to legalized it.Some other countries dont detained the accused prisoner. They just put them into deathrow. Problem solve. Lol. Harsh but real.
You must be missing the point of the current situation we're in, particularly the cause and effect and the consequences that it brings. I have two nurse friends who work in correctional facilities. They bring this issue up every goddamn week.
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Nah. I've done my debate on this issues.
Problem: they are too focus on the person initiating war on drugs - self interest kicks in.
The person initiating war on drugs - protecting the minor,innocents and less crimes in the future.
Why are we worried about the inmates are flooding in the prisons where some of their victims are mostly innocent. They killed. They murdered. They raped innocents. Why should my heart goes out for them if they slept like a sardines.? Do hard word buddy and stop using drugs. Lol
Posted by RamOfPeace
All drugs should be legalized. It is in the best interest of the public to do so.The "war on drugs" and the continued criminalization of addiction has led to the formation of murderous drug cartels and the United States having the largest per capita percentage of it's population in the free world imprisoned (at tax payer expense), not to mention burdening law enforcement and clogging the courts.
What keeping drugs illegal has NOT DONE is stop the public from using them.
Prohibition is a failed policy that impinges on liberty and undervalues good old fashion individual responsibility.
P.S. this message does not endorse the alcohol culture, as alcohol is one of the more dangerous drugs out there.
An oldie, but a goodie.
But...
Why would government legalize drugs when
they make so much more wiping out competition
and holding a monopoly on the market?
Posted by MIIeFisk
I just want to be able to openly smoke a joint in the park, under a tree, in the summer, and play with random people's dogs.
Me too!
Posted by RamOfPeace
All drugs should be legalized. It is in the best interest of the public to do so.The "war on drugs" and the continued criminalization of addiction has led to the formation of murderous drug cartels and the United States having the largest per capita percentage of it's population in the free world imprisoned (at tax payer expense), not to mention burdening law enforcement and clogging the courts.
What keeping drugs illegal has NOT DONE is stop the public from using them.
Prohibition is a failed policy that impinges on liberty and undervalues good old fashion individual responsibility.
P.S. this message does not endorse the alcohol culture, as alcohol is one of the more dangerous drugs out there.
An oldie, but a goodie.
But...
Why would government legalize drugs when
they make so much more wiping out competition
and holding a monopoly on the market?
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Well that's the main gist of it everybody knows, yet the government denies, as usual.
If I remember right, somebody asked in a post a month ago "Would you rather be a drug dealer or a politician?" to which I replied "It's the same thing". I still stand by those words.
Posted by RamOfPeace
All drugs should be legalized. It is in the best interest of the public to do so.The "war on drugs" and the continued criminalization of addiction has led to the formation of murderous drug cartels and the United States having the largest per capita percentage of it's population in the free world imprisoned (at tax payer expense), not to mention burdening law enforcement and clogging the courts.
What keeping drugs illegal has NOT DONE is stop the public from using them.
Prohibition is a failed policy that impinges on liberty and undervalues good old fashion individual responsibility.
P.S. this message does not endorse the alcohol culture, as alcohol is one of the more dangerous drugs out there.
An oldie, but a goodie.
But...
Why would government legalize drugs when
they make so much more wiping out competition
and holding a monopoly on the market?
Well that's the main gist of it everybody knows, yet the government denies, as usual.
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I think a lot of people don't know that.
They actually believe its a moral issue and/or the govt
is trying to *protect* them or something-- of course that's
never the case... ever.
We should be like Portugal yo. I hate tripping on acid at a show and leaving the show, walking around the streets and freaking out about people potentially knowing I'm on acid. I just wanna look at the stars yo, not kill people.
Sending people to prison for drugs is ignorant af.
I agree with all of this.
Like how much better would the world be with hemp.
But you know, Big Pharma wants to keep us all sick and miserable, so there's that.
And didn't they recently re-asses marijuana, still deeming it as dangerous as meth? Hahaha
I think it's a long uphill battle
Posted by Silvuh
I agree with all of this.Like how much better would the world be with hemp.
But you know, Big Pharma wants to keep us all sick and miserable, so there's that.
And didn't they recently re-asses marijuana, still deeming it as dangerous as meth? Hahaha
I think it's a long uphill battle
The DEA just made Kratom a schedule 1 drug. It doesn't get u high it gives u effects like caffeine. People who w/d from heroin use it. DEA are making it illegal because it's messing with big Pharma money. It's all just a giant money scheme, the make alot of money off drugs being illegal.
Posted by M143
Just because the prisons overly crowded doesnt mean you have to legalized it.Some other countries dont detained the accused prisoner. They just put them into deathrow. Problem solve. Lol. Harsh but real.
Are you from Southeast Asia by any chance?
Posted by Silvuh
I agree with all of this.Like how much better would the world be with hemp.
But you know, Big Pharma wants to keep us all sick and miserable, so there's that.
And didn't they recently re-asses marijuana, still deeming it as dangerous as meth? Hahaha
I think it's a long uphill battle
And of course, the police/prison industry. Can't make big bucks by not hosting 25% of the entire planet's prisoners, after all.
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All drugs should be legalized. It is in the best interest of the public to do so.
The "war on drugs" and the continued criminalization of addiction has led to the formation of murderous drug cartels and the United States having the largest per capita percentage of it's population in the free world imprisoned (at tax payer expense), not to mention burdening law enforcement and clogging the courts.
What keeping drugs illegal has NOT DONE is stop the public from using them.
Prohibition is a failed policy that impinges on liberty and undervalues good old fashion individual responsibility.
P.S. this message does not endorse the alcohol culture, as alcohol is one of the more dangerous drugs out there.