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10-30-2007, 05:16 AM #13Senior Member
Should cannabis be legalized?
Originally Posted by CannabisCarl2134
Why should the government have the power to tell you what you can and cannot put into your body? You can pump your body full of legal, addictive toxins, but not drugs, because they're illegal. That's the logic behind it nowadays: because they're illegal.
Methamphetamine and any drug in the amphetamine family does have medical benefits, which can include abolishing the symptoms of attention deficit disorder for a short period of time. I am not condoning the use of these drugs, as I know that they are physiologically and psychologically damaging if used incorrectly. Amphetamines are sold to kids for ADD... the pharmaceutical industry has been experimenting with amphetamines for years. But I guess you want to liberate one group of people, and leave the others oppressed, right? Marijuana users should be able to use it, but other people shouldn't be able to enjoy their drug of choice, for whatever reason it may be? Of course meth is harmful if used incorrectly, as most, if not all, drugs are in some way.
The drawback of freedom is that people are responsible for their own decisions. And I guess I would not say that is a drawback - perhaps it could allow people to learn from their mistakes better.
Legalizing drugs could only do good, I don't see why you think it wouldn't. For instance, if crack was legalized tomorrow, would you ever do it? I know I wouldn't, and I know that most people I know wouldn't. If somebody wants to smoke crack in the safety of their own home without worrying about some drug dealer messing with it, then why shouldn't they be able to? Does it affect you directly, or even indirectly? My point is, I think it's pretty obvious that people who don't do hard drugs wouldn't start doing them if they were legalized. Heck, they're easy enough to get as it is. Here it's easier to get crack and heroin than to get good weed - yet, most of our city is full of potheads. You see, keeping these illegal means there's still no regulation. Don't you think it would be safer for drugs to be regulated than not to be?
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