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Showing Original Post only (View all)I Want Controlled Drugs Deregulated [View all]
That is what I told my GUN LOVIN NRA SUPPORTING Co-Worker yesterday...
He said "your craxy those should never be deregulated"
So I said Why...If guns dont kill people,people kill people then drugs dont hurt or kill people either...RIGHT?
His brain went into sizzle mode trying to rationalize my analogy. He was tongue tied the rest of the day.
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If drugs were not controlled, prices would go down and prison cells would be emptied. I'm for that.
jody
Dec 2012
#3
May be logical to you but the government report showed murder rates with firearms decreased as # of
jody
Dec 2012
#5
You want to know what a good argument for decriminalising/legalising drugs is?
Spider Jerusalem
Dec 2012
#7
I agree with your comments on Mexico as to why it's such a violent place...
OneMoreDemocrat
Dec 2012
#8
Oops, I was confused by your responding to a thread entitled "I want controlled drugs deregulated'
OneMoreDemocrat
Dec 2012
#14
Alcohol is legal, how many alcoholics are there? Enough to justify criminalising alcohol?
Spider Jerusalem
Dec 2012
#19
I think that it's frankly silly to assume that more people will do drugs if they're legal
Spider Jerusalem
Dec 2012
#21
Ending the War on Drugs would do more to end gun violence than anything I can think of
Recursion
Dec 2012
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