American Drug Policy
POSTED BY: deepgirl187
UPDATED: Sunday, March 2, 2025 04:38
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Frem "Sorry for the rant, but it kind rubs me wrong when folks don't quite get that I can do what I do.. cause I am at heart almost as nasty as they are, just in different ways."
Hmmm, I was hoping for a chuckle. I will concede that it requires a rather unusual definition of St. for you to qualify, if that helps any 
In any event, I'll surely excuse the rant.
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Quote:All just folk here, Frem.
Originally posted by Fremdfirma:
Meh, Chris, if you ever plan to try Canonizing me, a laughable concept given the life I have lived, just make sure ya stick me next to Gabriel Possenti.. heh heh.
Some just smartern' others Chrisisall
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So since we all agreet that our current "war on drugs" is pretty effed up, what do you think a rational drug policy would be?
First step: legalizing marijuana.
Okay. What next?
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Always look upstream.
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Making all drugs legal for those over 21. (Before then the brain is still wiring itself up, not a process one would wish to alter.) HOWEVER, making them scrip only and sold at cost in drab government pharmacies. It would take all the profit - and therefore glamour - out of the 'illegal' drug trade.
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Quote:How about not giving more jail time to folks with a drug problem than to folks that physically harm others? Make 'em clean highways and work at soup kitchens? Jail should be for dangerous peeps IMO.
Originally posted by SignyM:
Okay. What next?
Not good for the Correctional Industrial Complex though Chrisisall
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Quote:
Originally posted by rue:
Making all drugs legal for those over 21. (Before then the brain is still wiring itself up, not a process one would wish to alter.) HOWEVER, making them scrip only and sold at cost in drab government pharmacies. It would take all the profit - and therefore glamour - out of the 'illegal' drug trade.
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I have always wanted to try Cocaine and Heroin but they've always been so expensive. Plus, there's the chance that I might get busted. Any speculation on how much I could expect to pay in a week for legal Heroin, because if its competitive with my current beer budget I might be for this legalisation thing.
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Take the crime driven economic issues out of it, it should be pretty cheap.
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The only problem I have with legalized drugs is that SOME people are extra-sensitive to certain drugs (besides children, who're extra sensitive to a lot of things). Take nicotine for example. Most people have an one gene that make them insensitive to nicotine, and one gene that makes them sensitive. Some have both "sensitive receptor" genes and zing!, do they get hooked! And some folks have two non-sensitive receptor genes and these folks (called "chippers") never get hooked.
Also, I suspect that "the dose makes the drug". If you chewed coca leaves all you'd get is a mild buzz. Snort it, and you get higher'n a kite. Smoke it, and you're history. And for SOME folks that first rush is so powerful they spend the rest of their lives trying to reproduce that first high.
So if we were to legalize drugs, should there be some kind of concentration limit, so that the first try isn't the start or a lifelong problem? And then wouldn't you have the same problem with legalized "street drugs" as you do with "hillbilly heroin"? (People willing to supply you with more of, or stronger, than your doctor allows?)
Also, how does one get an Rx to begin with?
One of the things I just heard is that people often self-medicate for problems that they already have: meth for bipolar, alcohol for anxiety, etc. So wouldn't your doctor just RX for a pharma drug?
I like the idea, but I think it needs to be fleshed out.
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Quote:Legalize the rest.
Originally posted by SignyM:
First step: legalizing marijuana.
Okay. What next?
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Aude sapere (Dare to know). -- Samuel Hahnemann, M.D., founder of homeopathy
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I promised I'd post my finished paper as soon as I was done, so here it is. I'm liking to my LJ so as not to bog things down. Please go easy.
http://deepgirl187.livejournal.com/672.html
And by the way Frem, I hope I didn't offend with the saint comment. But I am really appreciative for the info.
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