Should Marijuana, Magic Mushrooms And Other Soft Drugs Be Legalized?

The video ‘American Drug War – The Last White Hope’ questions this – Watch it if you can. I think it is up on google videos, but you can buy the dvd from www.americandrugwar.com – Its worth it.

The governments only reason to ban these drugs is to make money and have control over their people. The biggest supporters of the War On Drugs campaign are the cigarette and alcohol companies.
They have taken away the ability for people to legally carry out their own traditional rituals that have been practiced for centuries.
And with so many non-violent, recreational drug offenders in jail…
Why isn’t this seen as wrong?
Yes I do support the legalization of soft and natural drugs…
Look at places like the Netherlands. Their government tolerates drugs and their people have not created synthetic, easy to make drugs that KILL people. Marijuana and Magic Mushrooms both have no records of being the direct cause of death. Like alcohol, they can make people do some crazy stuff, but they do not ‘ruin’ lives in retrospect. Like alcohol, if you do it too much, it’ll turn you into an ass – but it’s legal… so why not shrooms and weed too?
People would not go onto ‘harder’ drugs, because there are drugs already available to them.
Netherlands is an example of that.
Ryu, get educated. LOL :P (I’m being a dick, you seem cool =])
Everyone is talking about taxing these drugs… shouldn’t we be more concerned about the people and kids who get themselves into the wrong drugs for the wrong reasons? The drugs that actually do do harm? And what about all those pot heads in jail.?.. young and innocent, the only crime they’ve done was smoke a few joints, grown some green in their back yards.

I don’t think it’s right.


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Men: did you know that VAWA-related laws force your physicians to treat you like a criminal behind your back?

How many men realize that numerous state and federal laws require your family practitioner to routinely ask your wife/gf if you are beating her? This is the ‘men are guilty until proven innocent approach’. And you are paying this physician to do so?

My response to this was to simply stop getting annual exams. There is no way I’m going to pay some guy to treat me like a criminal. This concerns my wife, of course, but I point out that the loss in life expectancy for skipping annual exams is less than 1 year. This is less than the gain in life expectancy one can get from switching to a vegetarian lifestyle. It is also less than the gain one gets by eliminating alcohol and caffeine from one’s diet. In short, it is a small (statistically) effect. And I get to know that I am not supporting feminist bigotry. So while, I am sure, feminists ‘get off’ on knowing that men are damned if they do (do pay physicians to treat men like criminals) and damned if they don’t (which means that, at least statistically, they will die younger), I would rather be damned for not supporting feminist bigotry.

How about the rest of you?
It’s not a question of worrying. My wife has never hit me. Nor have I hit her.

It is a matter of principle. Do citizens have a right to not be searched without a warrant or not? (since they have committed no crime, "they have nothing to worry about") Do citizens have a right to not be drug-tested or not? (since they have not taken drugs, "they have nothing to worry about") Do citizens have a right to free speech or not? (since they are not advocating overthrow of the government, why shouldn’t they allow the government to "approve" their speech).

In short, the idea that the government should be handed powers that essentially render citizens "guilty until proven innocent" is a very bad one. This approach has been used by ruthless governments everywhere to abuse their citizens.

That is why I object.
Can’t feminist do homework? Laws covering this are spread throughout federal (both statutes and federal spending bills, including Medicare and Medicaid) and state laws. For one example, California code says:

CA Health § 1233.5 requires medical clinics to screen patients for domestic violence

CA Health § 1259.5a requires acute care, acute psychiatric, and chemical dependence recovery hospitals to routinely screen patients for domestic violence.

Protocol: CA Health § 1233.5 requires licensed clinic boards and medical directors to establish and adopt written policies and procedures to screen patients for domestic violence, document injuries and refer patients to available services.

CA Health § 1259.5 requires acute care, acute psychiatric, and chemical dependency recovery hospitals to establish written policies and procedures to screen patients for domestic violence, document injuries and refer patients to available services.


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Does anyone else think the bible is the scariest book in the world?

I mean I think its scary because you can reword or interpret the bible in almost any way possible. I have seen gay people interpret the bible in saying that god promotes gay marriage and I have seen the gay haters do the same. I have seen racists do it, governments do it. And people will follow it just because you can prove that it came from the bible. People have started wars and people are murdered, people get rich, people get saved. A lot of good can come from it but I believe a lot of evil can also come from it also. I mean is anyone else deathly afraid of this book?


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