Was gonna make a thread about weed, what people think about it and all that but it'd be intresting to hear peoples opinion on drugs in general.

Do you think legalizing drugs would work?

They'd be sold over the counter at selected stores like they are in Amsterdam/Camden (lol). The idea being that by demystifying (sp?) them and accepting them in society there'll be less of/no rebellious draw to them and the youth won't be intrested, drug dealers won't have anything to sell and will be pushed out of the market completely and certain countries will have another product to grow and sell.

Whats the point in waging war against something that grows naturally?... Spending billions of tax payers money on operations like Trident and others patrolling (Carribean, African and South American) coast lines with gunships and what not?

Note also that most drugs are actually clean in that they are completely harmless if made/grown properly, the problem is with back street dealers mixing the drugs with all sorts to bump up the weight.

Wouldn't legalising drugs clean up the streets to better effect than lowering the bar for children to be tried as adults creating career criminals?

P.S; Of course society needs a menace and certain governments have a need to patrol coast lines and spray cropsand what not but thats besides the point... Will my hash cake (and other) recipies be allowed to stay in the Dutch pot room or will the useage of a natural product for recreational purposes cause offence for some reason?

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I think even if all drugs where legal dealers would still exist and cause mayhem and crime. The government would put high taxes on everything so the drugs would still get sold underground, smuggling would still continue and people would still be shot and stabbed over territory and moneys owed.

All you need to look at in this country is the high taxes on alcohol and ciggerettes. If you don't want to pay full price you can easily find someone who sells them cheaper, because someone is always willing to take the risk of smuggling the goods through customs to make a profit for themselves, drugs would be no different imoconfused3

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Theres no reason (in this case) for someone to go out and buy an inferior product just because of the price. Eat cheap food, you're gonna fall ill.

In Amsterdam for example cannibliss is legal, the problem is that Coke and other drugs aren'tso the dealers focus on these to sell. If drugs were legal here there'd be no reason for someone to buy from a dodgy dealer at all especially as their product would be mixed with rubbish and the selection wouldn't be so varied.

It'd also take the edge off of the Germanically rigid society we live in, another reason why they won't make it legal.

This vote/discussion applies internationally btw... You can vote more than once as well so after being reconvinced by my politician like coersion you can vote again and we can lobby parliment or something. lol.

I do not need any more temptation...trying to reduce my sins not add more...

if it ever came down to that...chaos will RULE...cause some folks just can't say no...and I'm not trying to funny, but I did not drink regularly until I engaged in another culture that does it....then, I had to stop because sister couldn't handle that nasty wine...then the cider gave me headaches...so, once in a while I have one or two glasses of red wine...and then its time to end...because I still can not see the point of the stuff...its makes me mellow but the taste is awful..then silly me what messing around conducting experiments on myself trying to see just how addiction really works...foolish indeed...

On that note, I have to say NO...cause I'm not trying to be the first woman wino in the family...nope can't mess with the stuff...family know first hand how alcohol affects family...and society really do not need additional confusion...

I do not need any more temptation...trying to reduce my sins not add more...

Why does/did it tempt you in the first place? The temptation lies in somethnig that you're not allowed to do and thats dictated by the government of what ever country/state you happen to live in. By living in a society where YOU can make your own mistakes and learn from them you're freeing yourself from temptation.There'd be no ''shhh'' factor with the teenagers as they look to develop themselves by keeping things from their parents etc etc...

If it ever came down to that...chaos will RULE...cause some folks just can't say no...

Chaos already rules while drugs are illegal.

and I'm not trying to funny, but I did not drink regularly until I engaged in another culture that does it....

Has nothing to do with the other culture, can't blame someone else for your personal trials and what not. Its like saying, ''I didn't have the need to commit a crime until I met a criminal'' Blaming you meeting someone of a certain ilk for bringing out something that was obviously already there is no answer to anything.

The french let their pickney drink wine from a young age, it teaches them how to drink so called, ''respectfully'' completely the opposite in British culture where the youths create a culture out of sneaking drinks and being troublesome because they have to be 18+ to drink in the first place so the oldest looking gets respect from the others because s/he can buy alchol and drink the most. By teaching them how to respect alchol it cancels out that need to go against parental/governmental advice on age restrictions.

Yes, decriminalise it, there is too much messed up substances on the street's sending too many people off the rails - Mental health is on the rise because of some of the addictive shit put in weed. If it is decriminalised then at least what is sold can be monitored, especially when thinking about the youth, who tend toabuse the shit that is on the street. However, IMO - JUST SAY NO TO DRUGS, anything that gives one a false sence of security/confidence etc is dangerous.

The economy in western countries rakes in millions if not billions from the drug trade alone. If the government were to legalise drugs it would have been done a long time ago.

Drugs will never be legalized simply because it cannot be controlled, so that the elite can circulate and tax it. If it could, then best believe the Western governments would sell them theirselves. Look at the billion-dollar pharmaceutical industry in the West. All they are is legal drug dealers. Every commercial break on TV is a commercial for drugs to take for anxiety, depression, penis erectile dysfunction, insomnia/sleeplessness, irritable bowl syndrome, herpes simplex, restless legs syndrome (WTF?), a plethora of birth control from patches and shotsto low and high hormone pills, acid reflux,attention deficit disorder,ADHD, cholesterol, blood pressure, and now the most recent I've seen is the vaccine for the HPV strands that causes a minority number of cases of cervical cancer. I'm sure I missed a few dozen commercials you should get the point.

If cocaine and marijuana wasn't in the hands of so many Black and Brown people, then it would be legal right now.

Well hello again Apedemak. As formy responses, clearly you misunderstoodwhat I was saying...before I response, I hope youtoo are feeling well in your self...Finally, Isenseby your method oftrying to correct this young woman asanindicatorthatyou are not family sothis will be the final word to you....

First of all, my response was not to be taken a means of challenging me only use as a measure of representating who I am (by story-telling)...its was simply my story and nothing more...so your statements really does not merit any formof reality as far as the issue of blame goes...


On that note, the assumption that you assumed appears confusing (by direction of your insight) when you stated that:

"Has nothing to do with the other culture, can't blame someone else for your personal trials and what not. Its like saying, ''I didn't have the need to commit a crime until I met a criminal'' Blaming you meeting someone of a certain ilk for bringing out something that was obviously already there is no answer to anything."

Now if you had developed your analytical skills you would have paid attention the first time... My exact words were:

1.) cause some folks just can't say no

2.) "then silly me what messing around conducting experiments on myself trying to see just how addiction really works."

End point...so dear, no blame of Others were mentioned only an indication of reasons as to the issue at hand (trying out measures of testing the boundaries of addiction)...I stated the following:

3.) I'm not trying to funny, but I did not drink regularly until I engaged in another culture that does it..

So, by this one can only surmised what does she mean when she stated that 'engaged in another culture'... Youpersume it meantbeing involved with a particular ilk thereby coming across as "well let me correct this blackchick"...

Your points:

1.) The temptation lies in somethnig that you're not allowed to do and thats dictated by the government of what ever country/state you happen to live in.

2.) By living in a society where YOU can make your own mistakes and learn from them you're freeing yourself from temptation.

3.) Chaos already rules while drugs are illegal.


Therefore,youdid notunderstand what really was being said: testing of addiction...and your interpretation came out as "oh she blaming people"...oh she blaming the culture...

Your point:
Why does/did it tempt you in the first place?

So,its better for youtodirect your opinions to others in the future; as I see where this is heading and your misinterpretation of "white ideals of attempting to correct this sister" who you attributed asa type of fostering blame is indeedClassic.

And then, thehistory lessons started..."The french let.... ."


Instead of trying to correct me by means of a challege, perhaps it is you to need to first try to understand what is really being said or simply direct your energy elsewhere... because like I said before...I only deal with family.

Take care and God bless you anyways,

Heather



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.lol. Gotta love the internet.

Drugs will never be legalized simply because it cannot be controlled

True, didn't think of it that way. People would just grow their own crops and they wouldn't be able to tax it... then again people could make their own alchol/tobacco but they'd rather just buy it out of convinience.

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I think alcohol and tobacco take more effort to "enjoy" as people like them. If you have a marijuana plant, what do you really need to do but blaze up...LOL.

Nope. In fact it would be preferable if dealing drugs carried a mandatory death penalty.