d'oh! Andy caught my nasty comment. I think Dadakota is a guy, and he can be full of surprises. Just when I get frustrated by DD, by what I feel like are absolutist monoliths, he posts something thoughtful.
I was just hoping he would give us a bit more insight into his thoughts on this issue. He seems to have dropped the conversation just like most prohibitionists do when faced with the facts.
Andy, I don't argue with people who declare victory based upon "So called facts" that are simply a matter of opinion. I think legalizing drugs is a bad idea, especially for the USA. I just don't think us arguing about it anymore is going to sway opinion. As for whether or not I am a girl or guy...I need to ask my wife, but I think I am still a guy. DD
I am just asking you to back your opinion with something other than the propaganda and FUD that the prohibitionists use to scare the sheep. You do not strike me as one of the sheep, which is why I like debating this with you. Then support your opinion. If you can't explain how all the problems caused by prohibition are offset by equal or greater positive results, then shouldn't we explore a drug policy that will accomplish its stated goals? I just didn't know, so I was being safe by not assuming. You know, like not assuming that prohibition is better than the alternative just because the ONDCP says so.
Andy, I just scanned the thread. I'll read it later in more detail It is good to have someone else who actually deals with a needy population --the poor, the drug addicted, the psychiatrically or physically disable, the abused etc. For many of the middle class students, business types or computer types on the board, their involvement with these issues is mainly intellectual, with hardly any personal experience of these populations. It makes them much more susceptible to the conservative sterotypes and editorialists regarding these people and possible causes and solutions for their conditions.
The problem that I have with them is that they won't even open their eyes and see the issue as it is and not as the government presents it. We are living in 2003 and people are still in the "Reefer Madness" mindset.
