Should drugs be legalized?

I don't just mean marijuana, I mean ALL (cocaine, heroin etc.). I say yes, the war on drugs doesn't do anything it just distracts police officers from doing police work that matters. People are going to do drugs no matter what and this shouldn't mean they should be placed on the same level of rapists and robbers. Also if we move all drug trafficing to certain areas of a city we can attempt to sanitize drug use and help the users instead of throwing them away as "scum of society." But hey that's just me.

yes i think so hold people accountable for their actions,hell drugs cause people to lose weight

I'd rather end the federal intervention and leave these decisions up to the state governments.

Edit: In united states obviously

Not just no, Hell no. Pot is one thing. Hard drugs no.

Marijuana yes as it does not negatively affect you. Coke,ecstacy, ect NO!! I have seen people literally sell everthing they have just for a fix.

Yes. All these laws do is put people in prision. Laws should protect people not ruin lives

Laws should protect people not ruin livestoast_burner

Um, laws are put in place to protect people from drugs which do ruin lives :|

Lol no.

No considering how badly some of those hard drugs can ruin their lives. They are literally poison. Heroin, meth, even large amounts of cocaine are deadly and ruin people's lives.

There is a reason those laws are in place.

[QUOTE="toast_burner"]Laws should protect people not ruin livesJust-Breathe

Um, laws are put in place to protect people from drugs which do ruin lives :|

I'd rather be a free and a drug addict than go to prision (and still be a drug addict)

[QUOTE="Just-Breathe"]

[QUOTE="toast_burner"]Laws should protect people not ruin livestoast_burner

Um, laws are put in place to protect people from drugs which do ruin lives :|

I'd rather be a free and a drug addict than go to prision (and still be a drug addict)

Not just no, Hell no. Pot is one thing. Hard drugs no.

Pirate700

yeah that's a really bad idea. Those drugs really mess people up on both a physical and mental scale. Legalizing them would only serve to ruin many lives. In some places it would probably get so bad that you would mistake it for a scene from I Am Legend.

[QUOTE="Pirate700"]

Not just no, Hell no. Pot is one thing. Hard drugs no.

achilles614

i'd say legalize everything so the police won't waste any of it's precious time on illegalized stuff. :)

That would totally be irresponsible for a government. Plus, keep in mind that some people are retarded.

tough question.

I don't think people should be penalized (at least not severely) for possessing or using it, but I don't want most drugs to be sold.

Weed should definitely be legal, though. So should shrooms, ecstacy, and the other minor drugs.

Yes, prohibition never worked and never will...Stavrogin_

tough question.

I don't think people should be penalized (at least not severely) for possessing or using it, but I don't want most drugs to be sold.

Weed should definitely be legal, though. So should shrooms, ecstacy, and the other minor drugs.

mrbojangles25

ecstacy? A minor drug? dont think so.

Nope!

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tough question.

I don't think people should be penalized (at least not severely) for possessing or using it, but I don't want most drugs to be sold.

Weed should definitely be legal, though. So should shrooms, ecstacy, and the other minor drugs.

arsenal262

ecstacy? A minor drug? dont think so.

[QUOTE="BranKetra"][QUOTE="achilles614"] It would be one thing if people weren't locked up for drug use, but legalizing them and seeing cocaine/whatever in my pharmacy or in stores and commercials on TV for it would make me facepalm.achilles614

Hell no! I'm up for being able to smoke weed legally, but I draw the line there. One thing I've noticed about the heavier stuff is that some people can't even control themselves with it (those bats*** insane meth addicts, people who OD on coke and heroin) there's just some things that man shouldn't have free reign to abuse. I mean, there's people out there who can't even handle their liquor...I imagine it'll get a whole lot worse when drugs are that easy to obtain. DethSkematik

[QUOTE="Stavrogin_"]Yes, prohibition never worked and never will...dsmccracken

Probably no. Some of the harder drugs have serious side-effects, and their general use will basically destroy you. I'm looking at severe uses of meth, heroin, and even the new krokodil (Desomorphine) that is springing up around Russia.

Sure it did, but threads are about discussion. The good and bad thing about people is that we are social. What we do affects other people. Take drunk driving, for example. It's the cause of the deaths of a lot of people, but the killer didn't inebriate the victim. BranKetra

Every form of drug should be legalized as drug use only harms a singular person and not many (except in the case of a family, then I'm not sure what to do).

If a dude with no responsibility, other than himself, wants to have a little cocaine and a side of life, why should anybody stop him?

I'd rather end the federal intervention and leave these decisions up to the state governments.

Edit: In united states obviously

DroidPhysX

I agree with this. However, I think they should be legalized on the state level as well. I have yet to see a good reason to keep them illegal.

I'd prefer if it was a state matter.

No.

I don't just mean marijuana, I mean ALL (cocaine, heroin etc.). I say yes, the war on drugs doesn't do anything it just distracts police officers from doing police work that matters. People are going to do drugs no matter what and this shouldn't mean they should be placed on the same level of rapists and robbers. Also if we move all drug trafficing to certain areas of a city we can attempt to sanitize drug use and help the users instead of throwing them away as "scum of society." But hey that's just me.

lex_in_the_moon

[QUOTE="DethSkematik"]Hell no! I'm up for being able to smoke weed legally, but I draw the line there. One thing I've noticed about the heavier stuff is that some people can't even control themselves with it (those bats*** insane meth addicts, people who OD on coke and heroin) there's just some things that man shouldn't have free reign to abuse. I mean, there's people out there who can't even handle their liquor...I imagine it'll get a whole lot worse when drugs are that easy to obtain. achilles614

[QUOTE="achilles614"][QUOTE="DethSkematik"]Hell no! I'm up for being able to smoke weed legally, but I draw the line there. One thing I've noticed about the heavier stuff is that some people can't even control themselves with it (those bats*** insane meth addicts, people who OD on coke and heroin) there's just some things that man shouldn't have free reign to abuse. I mean, there's people out there who can't even handle their liquor...I imagine it'll get a whole lot worse when drugs are that easy to obtain. DethSkematik

I think what many people in this thread don't realize is that just because something like heroin becomes legal, doesn't mean everyone's going to start doing it. Heroin and other hardcore drugs being illegal isn't what stop me from doing them. If I really had the desire to consume hardcore drugs, I could do so, regardless of whether they're illegal or not.

Also, whoever uses the argument of "who am I to tell a woman what to do with her body" in terms of abortions also must be fine drugs being legal. Unless you're a hypocrite.

I think what many people in this thread don't realize is that just because something like heroin becomes legal, doesn't mean everyone's going to start doing it. Heroin and other hardcore drugs being illegal isn't what stop me from doing them. If I really had the desire to consume hardcore drugs, I could do so, regardless of whether they're illegal or not.

Also, whoever uses the argument of "who am I to tell a woman what to do with her body" in terms of abortions also must be fine drugs being legal. Unless you're a hypocrite.

SpartanMSU

I don't think ecstasy should be illegal.

there should be no law either way, it should not be criminal and there should be no law saying it is legal, there should be no "victimless" or behavioral laws at all. there is no justice in harming those who have not done anything ill to anyone else