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Strong evidence? I doubt it. And if the government (I assume you mean the US government) knew about it, wouldn't every government on earth also...
No, I was comparing the two's propensity to kill people the first time they are consumed, which was one of your several ad hoc criteria for...
Gotcha. What I meant was that the increase in use would be barely significant. The societal costs for that increase would be more than covered...
I said your argument is an [i]appeal to[i] emotion. You are saying certain drugs should be illegal because they're "inherently dangerous", but...
They aren't inherently dangerous as evidenced by people who use those substances without incident. Who is saying they're safe? I'm not...
We definitely have a lot of common ground here, and I think a lot of what we agree on should be a no-brainer first step in reforming our drug...
Why don't we outline our feelings on the various major aspects of this debate, so we won't be fighting each others' straw men: I think that all...
The government has every reason to regulate dangerous pesticides just as it has every reason to prevent you from feeding your kids crystal meth...
Good post. The difference between personal repsonsibility and group responsibility is trivial. Actions we take as individuals and as groups both...
No, I think they would be better off in treatment. I think they would be worse off in jail. You're confused, and your confusion is causing you...
Schizophrenia is defined by delusional thinking (along with other criteria), but you're right that paranoia is not ubiquitous among schizophrenics...
I've personally been around meth addicts, crack addicts, and plenty of people tripping on all sorts of psychedelics. Not one of them was better...
And most of the police have gang affiliation. The drug task forces are essentially kidnapping and death squads.
What you don't seem to understand is that drug addicts don't have a choice either. They're hard-wired to seek out and use drugs just like...
You're right, and I'm not even sure that outright legalization (in Mexico) would do much to change the violent culture of the drug cartels at this...
No, but neither is anybody forcing paranoid delusions into the mind of a schizophrenic. I think you're confusing symptoms (drug use) with disease...
You think people choose to be drug addicts?
Decriminalizing possession is more about managing the risks of drug use itself rather than addressing the harms of the larger drug war. There's...
Do you consider schizophrenia a disease?
If you were crazy (i.e. mentally ill), do you think you should go to jail for it? If not, why should drug addicts be treated differently?
