What are your feelings on the role of drugs in society?

HEY LJS i have a question why should anything be legal?Jandurin

They should all be legal. Every last one of them. I can't force someone to behave in a certain way just because i don't like it.

I feel that perscription drugs take too big of a role. Most of the have such bad side effects that it seems not worth it. I think pot should be legal b/c it has very low side effects and makes ppl a lot happier, lets cancer and aid patients eat, and soothes pain for some.DudeNtheRoom

You also have to view this in a societal context. Different societies place different values on things. Of course it's arbitrary. There are tons of things that are illegal in our society that probably are relatively harmless. You can't walk around naked. You can't use certain language on television. You can't marry your family members - except in West Virginia. Most of these things can be argued that they are far less harmless than things that are legal, but society has chosen to treat them in different ways.

[QUOTE="Jandurin"] HEY LJS i have a question why should anything be legal?LJS9502_basic

You also have to view this in a societal context. Different societies place different values on things. Of course it's arbitrary. There are tons of things that are illegal in our society that probably are relatively harmless. You can't walk around naked. You can't use certain language on television. You can't marry your family members - except in West Virginia. Most of these things can be argued that they are far less harmless than things that are legal, but society has chosen to treat them in different ways.

sonicare

[QUOTE="DudeNtheRoom"]I feel that perscription drugs take too big of a role. Most of the have such bad side effects that it seems not worth it. I think pot should be legal b/c it has very low side effects and makes ppl a lot happier, lets cancer and aid patients eat, and soothes pain for some.Stanley09

You also have to view this in a societal context. Different societies place different values on things. Of course it's arbitrary. There are tons of things that are illegal in our society that probably are relatively harmless. You can't walk around naked. You can't use certain language on television. You can't marry your family members - except in West Virginia. Most of these things can be argued that they are far less harmless than things that are legal, but society has chosen to treat them in different ways.

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[QUOTE="Jandurin"] HEY LJS i have a question why should anything be legal?Jandurin

You also have to view this in a societal context. Different societies place different values on things. Of course it's arbitrary. There are tons of things that are illegal in our society that probably are relatively harmless. You can't walk around naked. You can't use certain language on television. You can't marry your family members - except in West Virginia. Most of these things can be argued that they are far less harmless than things that are legal, but society has chosen to treat them in different ways.

I can't force someone to behave in a certain way just because i don't like it.

hoola

[QUOTE="Stanley09"][QUOTE="DudeNtheRoom"]I feel that perscription drugs take too big of a role. Most of the have such bad side effects that it seems not worth it. I think pot should be legal b/c it has very low side effects and makes ppl a lot happier, lets cancer and aid patients eat, and soothes pain for some.sonicare

[QUOTE="Jandurin"][QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"]That doesn't even make sense to me.....:?LJS9502_basic

[QUOTE="sonicare"][QUOTE="Stanley09"] ya, people overlook prescription drugs. have you heard those commercials where they list the possible side effects? far worse than weedStanley09

You also have to view this in a societal context. Different societies place different values on things. Of course it's arbitrary. There are tons of things that are illegal in our society that probably are relatively harmless. You can't walk around naked. You can't use certain language on television. You can't marry your family members - except in West Virginia. Most of these things can be argued that they are far less harmless than things that are legal, but society has chosen to treat them in different ways.

sonicare

You also have to view this in a societal context. Different societies place different values on things. Of course it's arbitrary. There are tons of things that are illegal in our society that probably are relatively harmless. You can't walk around naked. You can't use certain language on television. You can't marry your family members - except in West Virginia. Most of these things can be argued that they are far less harmless than things that are legal, but society has chosen to treat them in different ways.

[QUOTE="Jandurin"][QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"]That doesn't even make sense to me.....:?

LJS9502_basic

[QUOTE="Jandurin"][QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"]It's not my alcohol argument. I've told several users already to leave alcohol out of it. Weed is illegal. There has been non one in this thread to offer a valid reason why that should be changed. The only argument they have presented is an anti alcohol argument. That does not say much about marijuana and I find that line of discussion irrelevant. LJS9502_basic

At some point, marijuana may be become legal in this country again. It is a prescription medicine in some states to treat pain and nausea.

[QUOTE="ToppledPillars"][QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"]It impairs the mind.LJS9502_basic

[QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"][QUOTE="ToppledPillars"] Woah woah woah woah woah!! I was on your side till you said THIS, THIS is by far the most outlandish claim I have seen!! You have to look at the Dickensian aspect of it!!ToppledPillars

[QUOTE="ToppledPillars"][QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"]Outlandish? Let me ask you this....would people smoke weed if they didn't receive an effect from it...ie get high?LJS9502_basic

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[QUOTE="ToppledPillars"] Would you eat pork if it didn't taste good?ToppledPillars

I'll give my 2 cents about the legalization arguement. It's no ones right to tell another what they can or cannot put in thier bodies when the substance is not addictive and has very little negative side effects. Taking to much Advil can damage your liver.....do we outlaw it? No. Loratab (Hydrocodone) is highly addictive but since its a perscription drug made by a pharmacuetical company it's ok.

Then you ask "Where do we stop? Can all drugs be legal?" No, we stop at weed. Weed is practically harmless. It's nothing like crack or cocaine. It was said in the movie Half Baked but it is true. No one has turned into a male prostitue doing sexual favorsfor weed.

I know it's not addictive b/c I use to smoke it and don't anymore. I didn't throw up or get chills from withdrawls. It just sucked b/c it was fun to do. I decided that I couldn't do it as long as it was ilegal which is why I want it legalized so badly.

ninja hippo personal stories are lame and people get high on weed all the time that's the point if they can't handle crap, they would have had issue with something else anyway ljs you keep trucking broJandurin

Simply from my own life i can see that weed is worse than alcohol. I drink all the time. All my friends drink. We get drunk pretty often. But three people i know, one of which was my brother, got into smoking weed and it messed them up. It's not something i think people should have easy access to. Ninja-Hippo