| Drugs and Alcohol Debate and defend your political beliefs of whether or not some drugs should be illegal or legalized. | 
09-25-2005, 03:04 PM
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.... And use the money for education.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. We're wasting an awful lot of money. Besides, people should have a right to do as they choose with their bodies, even if it is self-harm. People have a right to be stupid.
Personally, I have never done drugs, nor do I ever plan on doing drugs. I don't smoke, I don't drink, etc. The closest I get to drugs is my morning cup of caffeinated green tea. I just feel like the American government is wasting our tax money on something that's going to happen, regardless, especially when there are so many more important things out there. Think of all of the money we could save! The cost of imprisoning all of these druggies alone has to be pretty high (no pun intended).
Plus, if drugs are legal, we can regulate and tax them, which means more revenue! | 
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Originally Posted by Dylan .... And use the money for education.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. We're wasting an awful lot of money. Besides, people should have a right to do as they choose with their bodies, even if it is self-harm. People have a right to be stupid.
Personally, I have never done drugs, nor do I ever plan on doing drugs. I don't smoke, I don't drink, etc. The closest I get to drugs is my morning cup of caffeinated green tea. I just feel like the American government is wasting our tax money on something that's going to happen, regardless, especially when there are so many more important things out there. Think of all of the money we could save! The cost of imprisoning all of these druggies alone has to be pretty high (no pun intended).
Plus, if drugs are legal, we can regulate and tax them, which means more revenue! | Regulating drugs, does not sound like the best thing to do. We could make tons of money off of legalized drugs, but what kind of country would we be to legalize drugs. If we were to legalize thing such as Cocaine and heroine, I could only see even more violent crimes happening. Legalizing drugs is just not a smart thing.
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09-25-2005, 03:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Dylan .... And use the money for education.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. We're wasting an awful lot of money. Besides, people should have a right to do as they choose with their bodies, even if it is self-harm. People have a right to be stupid.
Personally, I have never done drugs, nor do I ever plan on doing drugs. I don't smoke, I don't drink, etc. The closest I get to drugs is my morning cup of caffeinated green tea. I just feel like the American government is wasting our tax money on something that's going to happen, regardless, especially when there are so many more important things out there. Think of all of the money we could save! The cost of imprisoning all of these druggies alone has to be pretty high (no pun intended).
Plus, if drugs are legal, we can regulate and tax them, which means more revenue! | Regulating drugs, does not sound like the best thing to do. We could make tons of money off of legalized drugs, but what kind of country would we be to legalize drugs. If we were to legalize thing such as Cocaine and heroine, I could only see even more violent crimes happening. Legalizing drugs is just not a smart thing. | How in the blue bumbletwat would legalizing them INCREASE the crime rate? People don't get high and say "Hey lets go comitt some crime!" They comitt crime, to be able to get high... | |
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Originally Posted by tadpole256 How in the blue bumbletwat would legalizing them INCREASE the crime rate? People don't get high and say "Hey lets go comitt some crime!" They comitt crime, to be able to get high... |
Exactly! Take the power away from the dealer, generate tax revenue and save the money it takes locking people up.
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Points: 35,258, Level: 100 | Level up: 2%, 0 Points needed | | Maybe too many people will get addicted to cocaine and heroine if it was legalized; like cigarettes. This country would be in a big mess if that's the case. As for marijuana, I will let that one slide. But all other drugs...gotta use common sense.  | |
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Originally Posted by tadpole256 How in the blue bumbletwat would legalizing them INCREASE the crime rate? People don't get high and say "Hey lets go comitt some crime!" They comitt crime, to be able to get high... |
Exactly! Take the power away from the dealer, generate tax revenue and save the money it takes locking people up. | I think it's sad that we Americans, with all our freedoms and rights, still don't know how to use them responsibly. I'm generally for less restrictions, but I haven't made up my mind on drugs yet. I admire Edmund Burke more than any other statesman (pretty much), and this quote of his might be appropriate:
"Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites… Society cannot exist unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere; and the less of it there is within, the more there must be without. It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things that men of intemperate minds cannot be free." ~Edmund Burke
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Originally Posted by RidinHighSpeeds Maybe too many people will get addicted to cocaine and heroine if it was legalized; like cigarettes. This country would be in a big mess if that's the case. As for marijuana, I will let that one slide. But all other drugs...gotta use common sense. | I agree with that. | |
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Originally Posted by RidinHighSpeeds for marijuana, I will let that one slide. But all other drugs...gotta use common sense. | Right on! Marijuana is a naturally occuring plant that needs no human process before consumption. It should be as legal as a tomatoe plant.
I think most of the country would be ok with just marijuana being legalized. We can use the money earned off of legalization to educate people to avoid the harder drugs.
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Originally Posted by RidinHighSpeeds for marijuana, I will let that one slide. But all other drugs...gotta use common sense. | Right on! Marijuana is a naturally occuring plant that needs no human process before consumption. It should be as legal as a tomatoe plant.
I think most of the country would be ok with just marijuana being legalized. We can use the money earned off of legalization to educate people to avoid the harder drugs. | Which brings us to my next point... Tomatoes should be illegal... | |
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