Legalize All Drugs?

[eynon81]

[The Comrade]

well i can see how twitch reflexes going over 9000 would be helpful flying a jet. not so much driving a car though.

[eynon81]

[The Comrade]

i too worry about running in to arnold schwarzenegger on the road

[uebermann]

All drugs? Only people that have never dealt with someone that has had an addiction to meth, crack, or other hard shit would say that we should legalize all drugs. Weed, shrooms, natural shit like that? Yeah go for it man. Not really any more destructive than drinking.

The biggest problems would result from the lower tiers of society. You think Republicans have an issue with the way people are on welfare now? Jesus christ it would be 100x worse if all drugs were legal. You'd have people that could never, EVER hold a job on welfare forever. And if you cut them off? Bad idea. Thats when the riots and looting start nationwide. People that are addicted have zero ability to rationally think when addicted to the heavy shit. You only care about getting high and thats it. Murder your neighbor for their DVD player to sell for $15 to get some crack? Hey, sounds good!

You may think I'm exaggerating but its what would happen, without a doubt. The hard shit is what needs to be illegal, else you can bet this country would turn into Mexico Jr in about 10 years. If that long.

[Philly]

[The Comrade]

this presumes drug use would go up if legalized. i don't think there's any data that supports that.

[eynon81]

I figure there'd be a "bathtub gin" affect, more people would opt for safer legal alternatives.

[The Comrade]

imagine the health benefits for users if meth wasn't made with gasoline and burned sudafed.

[NAB]