Lionel Edriess wrote on Oct 25
th, 2014 at 12:39pm:
So, the 'War on Drugs' is being won, is it?
Not sure where any poster has claimed that
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Quote:You may as well get used to people using mind-altering substances. They've been doing it ever since such substances were discovered. Decriminalising marijuana would put a huge dent in the illicit drug market and also free vast police resources to concentrate on the chemical drug trade
Most people know that.
Who should get used to it though -- the person trapped and having their legs amputated by paramedics under a bus driven by someone who wanted to be paid to transport others simultaneous with exercising his right to ingest mind-altering substances?
The elderly couple bashed to death by drug-addicts desperate for cash to buy more via which to feed their habit?
The family killed when their car exploded after being hit by someone high on drugs?
Quote:Have you never thought to compare the old prohibiton days in the States to current legislation regarding marijuana
Most people draw parallels. But alcohol is yet another mind-altering substance which is responsible for utter mayhem and destruction. Drugs are yet another mind-altering vehicle for mayhem and destruction. Two wrongs don't make a right
Quote:I see a vast difference between a couple of plants in the backyard and a meth lab in the spare bedroom
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Don't know whose post you're responding to, but I said as much in the first line of my post
Further, who differentiates between a couple of plants in the backyard and a meth lab in the spare bedroom?
Who said they're mutually exclusive?
Most druggies will take
anything, rather than face reality
Do druggies have a licence to exonerate themselves from the laws of the land? Have druggies been given licence to kill, maim, rob, etc. ? Nope. So maybe you could address the part of my post which asks if druggies would care to be isolated in a mini-state? They wouldn't receive any benefits from the Federal government, so they'd have to find a way to sustain themselves and their lifestyle.
BUT -- they'd have what they claim they 'should have', namely, the 'right' to use drugs