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Originally Posted by Tempest Storm  Public education, folks.
Pot does not kill you, you can not OD on it, and it hasn't been shown to cause cancer, nor it is addictive anywhere near the degree of that of alcohol and tobacco, both of which are hundreds of times more dangerous and addictive than pot and half of the other illegal drugs out there.
Booze and cigs are as comparable to herion in terms of addictiveness, and each kills hundreds of thousands a year, yet are perfectly legal. |
Regarding alcohol and cigarettes: True. That is why I believe that tobacco and alcohol should also be made illegal. There are research papers indicating that pot causes loss of mental capacity and dysfunctional emotions. Combine this with it's addictiveness and lack of therapeutic quality: this a drug not worth legalising.
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Originally Posted by Tempest Storm 1. Public health is a state's right, it's not an issue for the federal government.
2. You can't make that arguement when there are drugs out there, completely legal, that are more dangerous and addictive that many of the drugs that are illegal.
3. Drugs are hip there days, don't ya see, with all the kids getting shot up with ritalin, and all these other drugs I can't say, and way too damn many of them for me to remember their names. If they can have their white-collar drugs which cause cancer and hemorroids and this and that with their 30 second commercials where they spend 20 second telling you all the perfectly fine shit in your body that this one little pill is gonna **** up just because you wanna piss some more, or not so much, or get a little sleep, or clear up your allergies, or get a boner, lose a boner, make your boner bigger, make you fell happy, make you feel funny, make you feel hungry, make you shit, or make ya stop eating so goddamn much.
There's a pill for everything these days, so why can't I have my doobie snack? |
1. In order to fulfill the state's right to health, the government should ban drugs that cause physical (and mental) harm.
2. These legal drugs that cause more harm and are more addictive
should also be illegal, unless they are being used therapeutically to save people's lives.
3. Drugs shouldn't really be used to treat small, trivial problems, but if they don't have strong side effects and are non-addictive, then it's ok I guess. Like if you have a headache, just take Aspirin or Paracetamol and lie down, not go nuts with multiple antibiotics and Vancomyecin. And Viagra? Its prescription only for a reason: only men with impotence should use it, but with caution. Personally I'd rather be impotent than risk my life with heart attacks. I think the FDA should give these drugs prescription status, to avoid having paranoid moms injecting their kids with a drug cocktail and screwing with their immune system.
Bottom line: Drugs - use only when necessary...