legalize them all?? Even heroin? oh god, no! there isn't any question about it. Why legalize them?

Why?

His argument is centered around safety issues.

no no no

i can see marijuana being legalized but not heroin,coke,meth any of that stuff

Why?

There is the clear issue of safety concerned with these drugs.

Yes, making them legal will make administering them safer... but the effects of many of the hard drugs are far too dangerous for them to be used for recreation. Many of them are lethal. For this reason alone, they need to stay illegal.

People who want them are going to get them, illegal, lethal, dangerous, or not.

This keeps the drug dealers off the street, and less danger there for innocent people.

And...pople can do what they want with their bodies...right?

I do not believe people should be able to do something that can harm other people. Drugs do that. They are not just harmful to the user, they are harmful to others.

Secondly, most heavy drugs are highly addictive. They also clearly degrade a person's ability to work and function in normal society. If drugs were legal, people would use them, not go to work, and endanger themselves and those around them. By keeping drugs illegal and on the fringe, we protect ourselves and society as a whole. I feel society would fall apart if hard drugs were legal.

People are allowed to do things that can harm other people all the time.

Who here would start taking drugs if they were legal tomorrow?

I did a paper on this once. It's premise was that drugs should be legal. they should be regulated throught the government like alcohol. The people who are addicts will eventually die and thus we do not have to worry about their addiction any more. Taxes from sales would go to paying for drug prevention classes. I don't necessarily believe this, but I spent 6 weeks drafting a "modest proposal" on it. It was pretty interesting.

I think people should be able to put whetever the hell they want into their bodies, period. As long as they aren't driving around all over and running over little old ladies. I would insist that offences perpetrated while under the influence of drugs would be much more strictly punished.

I know if drugs were legalized tomorrow, it would not change my habits in the least, but I would not live in fear of having MJ in my house. I wouldn't do anything else, though. None of it was ever really that enjoyable for me in the first place.

I'm in a bind.

On one hand, I think people should be able to do with their bodies as they please, but on the other I think society is obligated to regulate certain things to enhance the quality of life for it's citizens (for example, chemicals in food, medications, drugs, etc.). Protect people from themselves, so to speak.

I'm trying to work out: at what point does autonomy and enhancement of society's functioning start to stampede over each other?

Does someone have the right to make a bad decision? Is there such a thing as a decision that does not impact anyone else?

Oh my god I need to go to bed.

(I still think drugs should be illegal...I don't want some dumb kid to see heroin for sale in Kroger's and start shooting it up, get hooked, and the fan is splattered by fecal matter. Who here, as a kid, didn't make a dumb decision to try something even though you knew it was a bad idea?)

I have never ever made a bad decision....

Pot I'd be okay with legalizing; I've never met a druggie high on just pot - no other substances involved - who was a threat. Hungry yes; but so mellow you could run them over with lifeflight and they'd go "cool".. Odd from a career correctional officer yes but in reality it is a very mellow drug.
What I would be concerned about is the rise in person to person and property crimes to fund the little weed..

I could see legalizing marijuana, but not any of the others.
My reasoning...
Marijuana isn't addicting. There are no withdrawals from quitting either.
All the other drugs are addicting and can cause serious health problems.
Marijuana is actually prescribed to people....

I also don't see a problem with legalizing MJ. Though I don't use it personally...anymore, I agree with Jincks. The worst crime you would be guilty of committing on pot would be possibly mugging the pizza delivery driver or gluttany.

I do believe that people should be able to put whatever they want into their bodies, but I wouldn't want to see drugs like heroin, coke, or crack legal. Addcits would be robbing the places that sell it, because we all know if the government regulated it they would double the price and nobody could afford it anyway.

We have a methadone clinic up the road and you should see the people that frequent that area. It's like Halloween every day. Yikes

If it were legalized, I think it would be cheaper.
The government could make tons of money from taxing it too.
I've never once heard of anyone overdosing and dying because of marijuana...

You know, I was just talking to my friend the other day about Japan. They have beer vending machines on street corners and they don't seem to have a problem with underage drinking.

I asked him to imagine those here in the states. We both started laughing because we both knew what would happen. Those things would get pillaged so fast from kids that they would have to put a security guard on each one.

Basically, what I'm saying is that we are just a different society. Some societies have had luck with legalizing other drugs. I don't believe that we're one of them.

Crystal Meth being legal? Wow, imagine that? That doesn't solve a serious problem and that's the fact that a lot of these users spiral downward that they can't even hold a job. Being legal or not, these people will still need money for the drug and they'll get it basically the same way they are now. Stealing. Identity theft is a big thing in the crystal meth world. Imagine if it was legal. That just means more people doing it. That will only create more problems for the rest of us.


Health care will get worse, welfare will get worse, crime will get worse.

If they were going to legalize any drug. I agree with everyone else. Legalize the good ole fashion pot. While I quit smoking it myself, I think that it is much safer than alcohol.


Eric

I agree that pot is safer than alcohol, having seen many people drink WAY to much and risking their life- and others.

I do have to say though, that there are people who base their morals on law- maybe loosely but what is "legal" sends a message to some about what is OK. Does that make any sense? I really do think that certain things, being illegal, would be used less. I think the threat of punishment really does stop some people.

Then you have to look at the rate of alcoholism.. Would be it be so high if that drug had not been made legal? Maybe they thought by making it legal not so many would want it. No. I don’t think drugs should be made legal. I think to many people would kill themselves. No self control.

Yeah that makes sense. Not to get off the subject. (But I did) some mothers feel that way about the birth control pill too. That it lets the girl think it is ok to have sex. Sort of what you mean I think..