| Chemy |
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(Plumbum Superson |
| 05/09/08 12:57 PM |
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Re: what drugs (if any) do you think should actually remain illegal?
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The Cypher said:
Just to play devil's advocate here, what if we compared two countries: one where the citizens didn't partake in ANY recreational drug use, and one where the citizens were allowed to delve into as many drugs as they pleased. Which do you think would have a more productive economy, have more jobs, and innovate more science and technological inventions?
From the standpoint of the individual, obviously no-one wants the government telling them what to do. But from the standpoint of the government, citizens getting high all the time is no way to maintain a country.
Well, here's a shocker, people are getting high all the time in America. But how??????
Prohibition doesn't work, there is too much money to be made from illegal drugs since demand is sky high.
I don't understand these people that think drugs on the street are rare and we should keep locking up 1.9 million people per year when arresting all those people does not affect illegal drug supply on Americas streets.
If the system put all efforts into preventing smuggling of these drugs into the US instead of incarcerating everyone they would make a big difference.