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dshow
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Do you put the word out?
#14553464 - 06/02/11 11:19 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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My idea of drugs and the laws has changed drastically in the last year. I have gone from writing a senior paper against MJ being legal 4 years ago to full fledged " ALL drugs should be legal" I rarely even do drugs.
Anytime my friends or someone mentions something. I right away state that all drugs should be legal and regulated. I do this to see if anyone makes any blunt/stupid statements without facts.
I simply state cigs kill more ppls then anyone. and Use the arguement that if shooting up heroin was made legal would you do it? they ALL reply NO. Thats my point.
Do you spread your ideas on drug policies to people? if so, how?
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Re: Do you put the word out? [Re: dshow]
#14562053 - 06/04/11 09:26 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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I just believe everyone should have control over what they put into their body. That's what i tell people and most people agree but i always have to stray away from talk of psychedelics as very few people ik are accepting of them which is a shame because i believe everyone should try some sort of psychedelic to gain that resonant memory and experience to apply furthermore in your life. I just don't know if everyone could handle it which is the other side of the coin but in today's day and age most of society is against use of psychedelics so legalization of them seems near impossible.
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Re: Do you put the word out? [Re: Delysid-25]
#14562073 - 06/04/11 09:32 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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I also tell them about putting what in their own body. I say if the government is telling you cant put so and so in your own body. They are basically telling you they own your body. Your mind is trapped in your body in this society.
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Re: Do you put the word out? [Re: dshow]
#14699683 - 06/30/11 11:30 PM (12 years, 6 months ago) |
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I hold a similar position to you. In my speech class freshmen year of college, I did my persuasion speech about why weed and psychedelics should be legal. I have furthered my stance to making all drugs legal and regulated. I have been following news on the cartel violence in Mexico for the past four years since and now see the correlations between [all] drug prohibition now and alcohol prohibition in the 1920s. The danger isn't the drugs themselves, but the vicious black markets that spawn around any substance being illegal in the first place.
I have yet to see in my lifetime any alcohol companies blowing each other apart with complete disregard for civilians (or tobacco companies for that matter). I agree with the above posters about we should be free to put what we want in our bodies, but I don't believe that is the main issue here. The violence that spreads over the profits of illegal drugs is the real problem of prohibition, not the harm of the drugs themselves.
Most of my friends know my position on the drug war very clearly and I tend to spread as much info as I can when the topic comes up in conversation with other people.
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I've wrote to the government (got a very shitty response), I've contacted newspapers (no response, and been banned from entering comments, all my previous comments were removed) and I've posted vids on youtube.
It really gets to me when a drug user doesn't care about its legal status. They're quite happy having a line of coke, but have no care where it actually came from. One drug gang responsible for over 30'000 deaths in 1 year, and they dont care where it came from. They whine and moan when the mdma is shit, the pills are weak, or the drugs are over cut, I feel like slapping them, if they were legal they would be made in legitimate labs, they would be made to a standard, proper quality control. One of my mates dealers sells coke to 13yr olds, doesn't care about that either.
In my experience when people find out there is another side to the drug war and drug use, not just the 'all drugs, drug users are evil' attitude, they change their mind in minutes and leave feeling baffled and confused.
My supervisor (age 56) was raging for ages about how 'druggies are the cause of all the problems in our country', I lost my temper inside and thought to myself "I'm not taking this shit any more". I turned and asked him what he thought of me, 'yeh, you're a top lad, you're a grafter, yeh you're a nice lad...' he said. I replied "I'm a druggie mate, I'm not a criminal, I work hard, pay my taxes, pay my bills and have a brilliant life. I'm not a drug abuser, the same as you're not an alcoholic. You smoke tobacco, I smoke weed. You drink alcohol, I take pills. You don't steal to fund your alcohol use, I don't steal to fund my drug use. The only reason you feel the way you do about drugs is because of a law based upon biased, stereotypical opinion broadcast by the government and media. Using drugs does not stop you from working, I've not been out of work for 11 years, and I've always used drugs."
He was shocked, when he told his sister (she was 30yrs old), she finally revealed she took drugs too, and hadn't told him because he was so verbal on his disgust for drug use.
Over the last 2 years my opinions are getting stronger, some people call it crazy, I call it a passion. I have the passion to speak my voice and continue to press on with what I've started.
Viva La Revolution!!
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If you don't respect and understand the drug you are about to take, you shouldn't be doing it. youtube vid - 'the truth about drugs' - (part 2) http://www.youtube.com/user/MrTheOutspoken
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yeaya!
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Re: Do you put the word out? [Re: dshow]
#14701705 - 07/01/11 12:48 PM (12 years, 6 months ago) |
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Just think of it this way too, in the 1960's drug users were classed as hippies, what three words spring to mind when you think of a hippy? Peace, Love, Unity. Over the last 40 years the governments have continuously labelled drug users criminals, cut us out of society, persecuted us, prosecuted us, sent us to rehab when we don't actually have a problem, condone people getting sacked only for using drugs. They force us to contribute and associate with criminal gangs. What has that done to the name of a drug user? Now when people think of drug users, they think of criminals, death and abuse. Just shows how much propaganda can influence people's opinions over 4 decades.
Me, I'm a new-age hippy, and proud.
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If you don't respect and understand the drug you are about to take, you shouldn't be doing it. youtube vid - 'the truth about drugs' - (part 2) http://www.youtube.com/user/MrTheOutspoken
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