Zone1 legalisation of hard drugs : bad idea?

[Libby von H]

‘Horrific: Perry’s ex reveals his desperate attempt to stop drugs
Tragic Friends star Matthew Perry resorted to gluing his hands to his knees to stop himself taking more drugs, former girlfriend Kayti Edwards has revealed.

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in my humble opinion, hard drugs just drives a person towards criminality, insanity, or a little of both.
what's your thoughts on this topic?

There is always prudence in public affairs,when and how and to what degree to do something. As Lincoln said, if minds and hearts are not changed , a changed law does nothing.,

I wodner why you say 'hard' , it is part of the problem that we always have some legalese to obscure morals.
Drugs should be restricted as has always been the case. MANY people who would never do X end up doing X if you make available.
I tell this story often. I worked for a huge company and somebody bought property right next to it to put up a porn store. Well the company bought them out. And why? because many people who hate porn would end up on lunch breaks seeing the stuff or having a friend with it or some exposure that they would never seek or want on their own
The morality of just about the whole human race runs on tendencies more than anything. When I buy beer I drink it, when I don't, I don't.

 

[PeterPilot]

There is always prudence in public affairs,when and how and to what degree to do something. As Lincoln said, if minds and hearts are not changed , a changed law does nothing.,

I wodner why you say 'hard' , it is part of the problem that we always have some legalese to obscure morals.
Drugs should be restricted as has always been the case. MANY people who would never do X end up doing X if you make available.
I tell this story often. I worked for a huge company and somebody bought property right next to it to put up a porn store. Well the company bought them out. And why? because many people who hate porn would end up on lunch breaks seeing the stuff or having a friend with it or some exposure that they would never seek or want on their own
The morality of just about the whole human race runs on tendencies more than anything. When I buy beer I drink it, when I don't, I don't.

Good post Libby, but I would remind you of the forbidden fruit syndrome. Many people, especially younger people, do X only because X is forbidden.

 

[Libby von H]

Criminalizing the drugs has not had the effect of reducing the usage. It has, just as prohibition did, merely made it far more profitable.

The war on drugs has gone on since 1971, and we have done nothing except fill up prisons with people. I watched a video today. An alert cop performed a traffic stop, and found what is claimed to be $6 million in drugs. People can and do crow about such seizures. But while he was doing that, another $60 million drove by him. Before he got the paperwork written up some $600 million passed through his territory.

There is no shortage, and someone will always find a way to smuggle the drugs. People always want to do what is Taboo. Be it sexual activity that is “bad” or “nasty” or drugs.

People want to do them. And when we catch them we ruin their lives with criminal convictions. We don’t actually reduce the drug use. We don’t do anything.

I read a report from the DEA. Before they restricted the availability of Psudophed and made the pharmacy keep records on who was buying, we told ourselves this would reduce Crystal Meth. The result, predictably, has been the opposite. The drug cartels created large cooking labs and produced even more Meth.

No longer was the drug cooked in a kitchen or trailer. It was now produced in large factory type settings. The result was an increase in Crystal Meth of nearly 1,000%. Yes. That is a thousand percent increase.

We haven’t done anything to reduce it. We waste many billions on the effort. And we accomplish less than nothing.

The proponents demand we get tough. And it has become evident that it isn’t working. It is now so obvious that every one of the Republican Candidates has promised military action against the Cartels in Mexico. They even claim that it doesn’t matter if Mexico objects.

I don’t like the effects of the drugs. But I am honest enough to admit it just is not working.

Yes, it is a moral educational even religious issue, there you are right. So by your logic, which you don't follow, govt should never have gotten into this one way or the other to upset the prevailing social standards