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cthulu2016

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16. I do not know if criminality attracts...

Reply to loyalsister (Reply #6)

Tue May 29, 2012, 06:35 PM

May 2012

but I am troubled that kids who want some pot know and interact with drug-dealers. Drug dealers are serious criminals (in terms of the risk taken)... why does anyone want their kids to know them?

If possession of a pound of pot carries the same or greater penalty as beating someone with a tire iron what does that say?

Does serious criminality attract the best sort of people for your kids to know?

Do your kids draw a distinction between possession of drugs and stealing a car? Beating someone with a pipe? And if they do, why? Society doesn't.

And so on.

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What would happen if Crystal Meth was legal? [View all] cthulu2016 May 2012 OP

Did I miss a memo? I thought drug companies were evil. randome May 2012 #1

Meth makes people evil & crazy? 3waygeek May 2012 #2

I've seen first-hand the effects of long-term amphetamine abuse slackmaster May 2012 #15

Stop making sense. Scuba May 2012 #3

Heisenberg would be out of business Ezlivin May 2012 #4

Ending drug prohibition would be the same as ending alcohol prohibition. Arctic Dave May 2012 #5

We do see people killing people loyalsister May 2012 #9

I mention that in my post. Arctic Dave May 2012 #12

You're talking about assumptions vs. what we know, without a doubt, happens loyalsister May 2012 #17

Had to edit my post. Arctic Dave May 2012 #28

Maybe not so much worse loyalsister May 2012 #31

medicalizing and decriminalizing addiction would definitely help loyalsister May 2012 #6

I do not know if criminality attracts... cthulu2016 May 2012 #16

I see it in the media loyalsister May 2012 #23

dentists would rule the world spanone May 2012 #7

I thought that for a moment but then remembered; no meth addict ever visits a dentist. cherokeeprogressive May 2012 #8

A whole lot of people would become unemployable within weeks. cherokeeprogressive May 2012 #10

thing is... oldernwiser May 2012 #25

You could be right but cherokeeprogressive May 2012 #26

I favor decriminalization, not outright legalization bluestateguy May 2012 #11

I'm old enough to remember seeing the effects of legally sanctioned prescription amphetamine abuse slackmaster May 2012 #13

So do I know all about it. RebelOne May 2012 #18

True. Amphetamine abuse makes people psychotic cthulu2016 May 2012 #20

Not quite. None of these drugs are exclusive among addicts. Meth is deadly. Always. MichiganVote May 2012 #14

Well, currently cigarettes are the only product advertised which are lethal when used as intended. PeaceNikki May 2012 #19

True. And that is not exclusive of Meth or other addictive substances either. MichiganVote May 2012 #21

That applies to some drugs to actually. Take Actos for example, its a legal drug for diabetics cstanleytech May 2012 #30

The people that want to use it would do so more safely, they would pose less danger to their TheKentuckian May 2012 #22

What would happen if there were no illegal drugs? oldernwiser May 2012 #24

Legalizing drugs would not bother me Generic Brad May 2012 #27

Let's see, thousands of people could become productive citizens, MadHound May 2012 #29