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Pretty much no drug out there as bad as alcohol, but we saw one way to make it even worse: criminalize it. Drives the entire trade into the hands of the criminal underworld and gives it a certain âforbidden fruitâ glamor.
Repeal Prohibition! Again! For all the same reasons.
legalize it allâŚin any case the war of drugs hasnât worked! So if someone wants to buy crack or whatever⌠let him buy it freely off the shelf. Restrictions arenât stopping him anyway, are they? No restrictions = No incentive for drug smugglers, No paybacks for crooked cops, No funds for fatuous âSave the childrenâ campaignsâŚ.
It suppresses appetite, and for many calms âjitteryâ nerves.
I know a physician who tried to quit smoking several times, gained 10 pounds each time, and decided it was less unhealthy to stop trying to quit than to risk piling on more pounds.
I donât think Iâve ever seen someone say âX has no beneficial effects at any levelâ and be right.
Wow. It reminds me a little of how bacon and eggs became an American breakfast: marketers for bacon asked Doctors which was a better breakfast, toast, or bacon and eggs. That became a marketing campaign âDoctors recommend bacon and eggs for breakfast.â
Of course, âcereal is part of this nutritious breakfastâ isnât any better (cereal is the worst part of that breakfast).
Marijuana in of itself is not a âGateway Drugâ. The people who deal it have other drugs they wish you to try. Thus the âGatewayâ was created by politicians who think Mexicans have always been bad people. http://www.drugpolicy.org/blog/how-did-marijuana-become-illegal-first-place Personally I have always felt that is was strongly aligned with Jim Crow laws. But maybe thatâs just my âReefer Madnessâ. ;-)
Richard S Russell Premium Member over 7 years ago
Pretty much no drug out there as bad as alcohol, but we saw one way to make it even worse: criminalize it. Drives the entire trade into the hands of the criminal underworld and gives it a certain âforbidden fruitâ glamor.
Repeal Prohibition! Again! For all the same reasons.
Rosette over 7 years ago
The moral of the story is: drugs (any drugs) screw you up. Maybe in different ways, but still.
faujidoc1 over 7 years ago
legalize it allâŚin any case the war of drugs hasnât worked! So if someone wants to buy crack or whatever⌠let him buy it freely off the shelf. Restrictions arenât stopping him anyway, are they? No restrictions = No incentive for drug smugglers, No paybacks for crooked cops, No funds for fatuous âSave the childrenâ campaignsâŚ.
Adiraiju over 7 years ago
Anyone else remember that Onion headline: âDRUGS WIN DRUG WARââŚ
Gweedo -it's legal here- Murray over 7 years ago
Tobacco and alcohol were my âgateway drugsâ !
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member over 7 years ago
Do you believe that keeping marijuana illegal prevents people from becoming drug addicts?
Do you, then, also believe that by making beer illegal we could prevent people from becoming alcoholics?
Say What Nowâ˝ Premium Member over 7 years ago
Marijuana, alcohol, opioids, and caffein, all have certain beneficial effects at the proper levels. Tobacco has no beneficial effects at any level.
jeffiekins over 7 years ago
It suppresses appetite, and for many calms âjitteryâ nerves.
I know a physician who tried to quit smoking several times, gained 10 pounds each time, and decided it was less unhealthy to stop trying to quit than to risk piling on more pounds.
I donât think Iâve ever seen someone say âX has no beneficial effects at any levelâ and be right.
(See what I did there?)
jeffiekins over 7 years ago
Wow. It reminds me a little of how bacon and eggs became an American breakfast: marketers for bacon asked Doctors which was a better breakfast, toast, or bacon and eggs. That became a marketing campaign âDoctors recommend bacon and eggs for breakfast.â
Of course, âcereal is part of this nutritious breakfastâ isnât any better (cereal is the worst part of that breakfast).
ChukLitl Premium Member over 7 years ago
If you think itâs stronger now you didnât have my connections in the â70s.
mourdac Premium Member over 7 years ago
When I decided to quit smoking pot many years ago, that was it, no problems staying quit. It took 30 years and many many tries to quit smoking cigs.
nosirrom over 7 years ago
Marijuana in of itself is not a âGateway Drugâ. The people who deal it have other drugs they wish you to try. Thus the âGatewayâ was created by politicians who think Mexicans have always been bad people. http://www.drugpolicy.org/blog/how-did-marijuana-become-illegal-first-place Personally I have always felt that is was strongly aligned with Jim Crow laws. But maybe thatâs just my âReefer Madnessâ. ;-)
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 7 years ago
There was a connexion between malt liquors and cocaine. One lead to another etc. Though each type of drug had different effects.
johnec over 7 years ago
I remember pot from the late 80âs â and itâs another order of magnitude (~10X) stronger NOW than it was THEN!
My âgateway drugâ (the first one I ever used) was white sugar. And Iâm still an addict!
Dragoncat over 7 years ago
As if I didnât have enough reasons to prefer hot chocolateâŚ
Dragoncat over 7 years ago
Wow⌠Butts really blew his stack, didnât he?