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I think there's a time limit in place to make you think twice before you reply, and avoid flame wars. It has little to do with credibility, but your comment ap

by adsr 16y ago

I think there's a time limit in place to make you think twice before you reply, and avoid flame wars. It has little to do with credibility, but your comment appeared as pretty naive. Your reply surprise me since you know "what happens when a cheap and potentially addictive drug is available in society"

pstuart 16y ago
I don't want to flame you but your attitude just makes me crazy angry. The drug wars have nothing to do with protecting people from hurting themselves -- it's just another tool for controlling the masses. I will return the favor and suggest that your attitude about this is rather naive. Drugs are out there. People will want to use them even if you don't. You cannot make them go away. The sensible "adult" approach to this is to legalize them all, tax and regulate the hell out of them and be prepared to help those that need help. Simple, cost-effective, and respectful of peoples personal choices.
- adsr 16y ago
  Well, I'm 38 years old, I am aware that drugs is out there and people want them. I'm not suggesting that what is done currently works, I'm not saying that we shouldn't be open to thinking about the problem differently. I'm certainly not suggesting that help to those that need help shouldn't be offered. Keep in mind though that the example given earlier about Portugal, is more a case of reallocating finite resources towards the big guys. Thus, more money is spent to preventing smuggling and the folks building these subs that this article is about. I remember reading quite a lot about this when it was first introduced in the early 90's. In my opinion it's not an easy problem to solve, and any easy solution makes me suspicious. Your opinion doesn't make me angry, it's clearly just an opinion, your free to have it and a discussion is healthy.

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I think there's a time limit in place to make you think twice before you reply, and avoid flame wars. It has little to do with credibility, but your comment ap

by adsr 16y ago

pstuart 16y ago
I don't want to flame you but your attitude just makes me crazy angry. The drug wars have nothing to do with protecting people from hurting themselves -- it's just another tool for controlling the masses. I will return the favor and suggest that your attitude about this is rather naive. Drugs are out there. People will want to use them even if you don't. You cannot make them go away. The sensible "adult" approach to this is to legalize them all, tax and regulate the hell out of them and be prepared to help those that need help. Simple, cost-effective, and respectful of peoples personal choices.
- adsr 16y ago
  Well, I'm 38 years old, I am aware that drugs is out there and people want them. I'm not suggesting that what is done currently works, I'm not saying that we shouldn't be open to thinking about the problem differently. I'm certainly not suggesting that help to those that need help shouldn't be offered. Keep in mind though that the example given earlier about Portugal, is more a case of reallocating finite resources towards the big guys. Thus, more money is spent to preventing smuggling and the folks building these subs that this article is about. I remember reading quite a lot about this when it was first introduced in the early 90's. In my opinion it's not an easy problem to solve, and any easy solution makes me suspicious. Your opinion doesn't make me angry, it's clearly just an opinion, your free to have it and a discussion is healthy.