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What is ambiguous about drugs being illegal in almost every country on the planet (with a handful of exceptions)? Just because the police doesn't catch all the
by Paul_S 10y ago
What is ambiguous about drugs being illegal in almost every country on the planet (with a handful of exceptions)? Just because the police doesn't catch all the murderers doesn't make murder legal. That's crazy logic.
- pyre 10y agoThe ambiguous part is the "X is illegal, but everyone openly does X all of the time, and the police don't seem to care... until they do" way of doing things. This applies to everything from the "unlicensed gathering" to the drug use to the (seemingly) inconsistent punishment for the drug use.
- richardwhiuk 10y agoProbably different drugs used - not necessarily inconsistent or arbitrary.
- elcct 10y agoYou are comparing apples to oranges
- aianus 10y agoPossession of drugs is illegal in almost every country, but possessing various drug metabolites in your urine is only a crime in a few, extremist countries.