Legalize pot, save lives

[moeburn]

Today it occured to me, the average bag of heroin is $5, and a bag of weed is $10. Someone who wants to go to a party, and get high, who only has $5, would choose heroin over nothing. Heroin, generally speaking, is a bad choice to make in life.

Meth, I don't know the prices of, but I'm pretty sure its cheaper than pot too.

Perhaps the war on drugs cannot be won, perhaps we can't force every single person in society to go to work or school instead of altering their consciousness. But maybe we can save lives, save innocent people from dying, and save healthy minds from faltering.

I'm in Canada, where the government grows pot. There is also a shitload of meth in vancouver, and a shitload of coke, crack, and horse in Toronto. If the government offered $100 of pot for $10 of anything else, we could win the war on drugs. It wouldn't even cost that much, since "$100" of pot wouldn't really cost the government $100.

moeburn Reviewed by moeburn on 10-09-2006. Legalize pot, save lives Today it occured to me, the average bag of heroin is $5, and a bag of weed is $10. Someone who wants to go to a party, and get high, who only has $5, would choose heroin over nothing. Heroin, generally speaking, is a bad choice to make in life. Meth, I don't know the prices of, but I'm pretty sure its cheaper than pot too. Perhaps the war on drugs cannot be won, perhaps we can't force every single person in society to go to work or school instead of altering their consciousness. But Rating: 5

[moorephened]

As prohibition is an amoral govermental intrution into our lives the only acceptable action is to repeal it. This will not solve the drug problem but that is somthing that we as a people must solve by giving help to those who need it, not wageing war on them.

[moorephened]

Great cartoons by the way.

Yours?

[Newglory]

Yea im in toronto, and freakin 16 year olds i know have already done meth or coke.
is that shit really that cheap here? im paying more for weed?!
(runs off searching for heroin dealer and shoots up)

[NightProwler]

im 15 and did coke once.. i dont even know whats supposed to be so great about it.

[johnnyAKABob]

just because someone has $5 and cant get any weed it doesnt automaticaly mean that they will go out and buy heroin

[B u M b L ee K y]

just because someone has $5 and cant get any weed it doesnt automaticaly mean that they will go out and buy heroin

I agree 100%. That was the worst logic I've ever seen; buying what you can with what you got. People don't function like that, and when they do...they have bigger issues that need attention.

[orangeman]

I have to disagree with your first sentence, if I only had $5 but weed costed $10 every where around I'd just be sober at a party. I'm too busy and focused on trying to live and get a better life to pause my busy life and get used to new things that will relieve me of my stress and take me from this planet. Weed is all I need, heroine is nasty lol.

[jfoster]

u cant take it totally literally. he still mkaes a good point

[moeburn]

Sorry, made a bad assumption, i just wanted to make the point that it is more expensive to smoke pot than horse.