Jewbutca

In a hypothetical situation, between the two choices which would you rather have:

All recreational drugs legal and are available... Including alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, cocaine, etc. So all drugs would be sold to people of legal age.

No recreational drugs legal and they would never be used for recreational purposes? So no one would have a need to use these drugs in this hypothetical world... They would see a cannabis plant and say "that's pretty" instead of "I wanna smoke that!".


Why legal or not?

ganja-man

I voted all, because I am pro-freedom.

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Zeroxtreem

I voted everything banned.

I have messed around with those other drugs, and they caused me so many more problems than what they were worth. I would not want anyone to go through the problems I had with them. Making those hardcore substances legal and readily available just seems like too much for me.

That's why I like smoking so much...you really can't appreciate the whole "you can't OD on pot" thing until you're cuddling with a toilet vomiting everything in your stomach for a period of two hours wishing you hadn't taken that last *insert drug here*.

But as hypocritical as this seems, I agree with the person above me - freedom is freedom and you should be allowed to do whatever you want to do to your own body as long as it isn't hurting other people. I would still rather see all those bad drugs, like black tar heroin, removed from existence.

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kristenssn

I think, if people are inclined to take those drugs, they are already of a certain mindset and will find ways to obtain them, legal or otherwise. It's a waste of time and energy to fund this obvious failure of a drug war - it really isn't solving the problem, just ruining people's lives moreso than they have already ruined them themselves (i.e. by associating with the drugs in the first place).

Buzzby

My philosophy is that we are each responsible for our own lives and how we conduct them. If people want to mess themselves up, that's their right. Each of us is responsible for the choices we make. We are also responsible for the consequences of those choices. I think rehab should be available to anyone who wants it - but they should have to pay for it when it's completed.

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gompers

I agree to all but the payment.
Although I'm going to get flack for my financial irresponsibility here, I think we owe our sons and daughters the right to rebuild their lives at no cost to them.
If a person can recognize that a problem exists with their drug abuse, and then seek the treatment they need, I want monetary concerns to be nonexistent. The fact that they are seeking help is probably due to the fact that they have "hit bottom" and are totally destitute. I think we should all pay for this service through taxes(or other means), because it is better for society as a whole to have addiction-free responsible citizens, and rehab can assist in that.
Whether or not it is "better" for us to have sober citizens should not, however, allow us to dictate the lives of our citizens, and they must be free to make their own decisions. To reach the "dark side" and return is one of the single most heroic acts of responsibility I can think of.

***In this hypothetical situation I am assuming the rehab centers actually work, and are filled with competent employees.

cannabicide420

if it was all legalized i think itd probably be for the better. if it was legal than there wouldnt be all the crime associated with the dealers and traffickers and they wouldnt be fighting for areas to sell. since people are going to be desperate to get there heroin or cocaine. those people are going to do what they can to get it so it might as well be through legal means. the vast majority of people who dont do it are still probably not going to just bacause its legal.

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Buzzby

How are you responsible for the consequences of your actions if society has to pay to put you back together every time you fuck up? Rehab isn't reliable. The recidivism rate is around 2/3. We need to motivate people not to need to come back. Remember, we're talking about a scenario in which all drugs are legal and cheap. Addicts wouldn't need to steal to support their habits. Rehab would be voluntary or could be court-ordered if the addict can convince the judge that whatever crime he committed was due to his drug habit.

I believe that if something is handed to you, you don't appreciate its value. If you have to pay for something, you think twice about blowing it off and needing to go through the same expensive process again.

Some college students spend 20 years paying off their college loans. I don't see why something similar couldn't be worked out for rehabilitated drug addicts.

Montanita

I voted for the freedom of an individual to choose.

Kushy

It's not the government's job to regulate what people do to themselves.
It is, however, their job to put out education and information regarding the dangers of the experimentation and use of these drugs.