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There's nothing good about meth, period. I'm all about letting people do what they want in private, but meth is scary shit. Legalizing it would be like lettin
by tsally 17y ago
There's nothing good about meth, period. I'm all about letting people do what they want in private, but meth is scary shit. Legalizing it would be like letting people own rocket launchers.
- IsaacSchlueter 17y agoExcept, rocket launchers are for shooting at other people. Meth is mostly about self destruction. Granted, tweakers tend to be dicks, but still, your analogy is just a little bit hyperbolic. We should all have the right to destroy ourselves however we see fit. Also, wtf? You're telling me I can't have a rocket launcher now!?
- tsally 17y agoWe should all have the right to destroy ourselves however we see fit. I definitely agree with you on this point, however exclusive self destruction is not possible in the vast majority of cases. Anyone that is financially or emotionally dependent on an addict experiences some destruction when they destroy themselves. If there is anyone that has no connections to family, friends, companies, or country, I agree, they should be allowed to do meth. I don't think there is anyone like this though. ;-)
- jrockway 17y agoAdults should be able to emotionally hurt whomever they want. If someone's parents are religious fundamentalists, by your logic, it should be illegal for the kid to become an atheist. Sorry, that is none of the State's business. That is a personal issue between three people. Similarly, using meth is a personal issue for the meth user. (The only reason people make it at home and blow up their buildings is because it's illegal to manufacture it safely. If you could go to Walgreens and buy your meth, you can bet that there would not be many exploding meth labs. This "problem" is caused by its "solution".)
- tsally 17y agoI don't buy it. Adult's are not allowed to emotionally hurt their kids. Various child abuse laws cover this and our laws do indeed say that it is the State's business. You can't show me hard evidence that meth users usually act in emotionally (and financially) responsible ways; adults with dependents using meth is clearly wrong. As for kids, well, kids simply don't have a developed enough brain to make proper decisions about a substance as addictive as meth. The argument here is purely biological and doesn't really need a defense. I'll preempt the usual counter argument by saying that if we could quantify decision making ability, I'd be all for using that instead of age. But age is the best we've got right now. As I said before, if it doesn't affect anyone else I don't really care what you do. Parents can do whatever they want (drugs or otherwise) if it doesn't affect their kids or other dependents. In addition, anyone with a job needs to consider their responsibility to their company. But hey, if there's someone where none of these connections apply, s/he can do whatever they want. I certainly wont judge.
- rizzn 17y agoOnly slightly hyperbolic. As someone who's spent more time than he'd care to admit in East Texas (a major manufacturing and distribution center for illegal meth), people that make this stuff do it in their homes, and eventually tweak out and blow up the neighborhood. It happens a lot more than you'd think... ... not to mention, habitual usage doesn't exactly lead to safe behavior, which is inflicted on others. I'm not a drug regulation advocate, but it's important not to paint Meth as a victimless drug. The first target may be yourself when you use it, but the collateral damage is not insubstantial. A better analogy than a rocket launcher might be hand grenades, if we're sticking to small armaments as the analogy.