Yup. Do you have any CLUE the misery that drugs spawn in this country? The deaths, murders, robberies, abandoned families and ruined lives?
Dealers should be shot on sight.
And as regards prison ‘comfort’, please note I said ‘relative’.
VB
I could never eat a mouse raw…their little feet are probably real cold going down. :rolleyes:
No one forces anyone else to take drugs. Blaming the dealer for the actions of his/her customer is like blaming the auto manufacturer for hit and run drivers. If drugs were legal, the cost would plummet and you’d see a lot fewer crimes committed to get drug money.
Relative to what standard? Short of freezing to death on the street I can’t think of too many standards of living less comfortable than prison.
“No one forces anyone else to take drugs. Blaming the dealer for the actions of his/her customer is like blaming the auto manufacturer for hit and run drivers. If drugs were legal, the cost would plummet and you’d see a lot fewer crimes committed to get drug money.”
Otto, you’re reasoning is fallacious.
Forced, maybe not; lured? you bet.
Dealers give free samples, then you’re hooked. Yes, it involves free will to accept the samples, but the bottom line is if there are no drugs, there will be no addicts.
Legalizing drugs is not the answer; cheaper they may become, less potent and debilitating they will not. Ask any cop who has had to deal with someone strung out on angel dust; the reasoning capacity just isn’t there. The addict will need the fix just as badly. Making it cheaper will only make his money go further; it still will be spent primarily to support the habit at the expense of health and family. No insurance company would touch him, and no employer would keep him long. Do you really want to take the chance that the next pilot, air traffic controller, cop, fireman, doctor, mechanic or any other of a plethora of professionals you meet are high while performing their duties?
He would become homeless,with no income or medical coverage, but the craving intact. You’re back to square one. Make crack cocaine legal? Ever seen a crack baby?
Opium was legal in China in the 1800s, and that didn’t prevent the misery.
You need to rethink your position, pal.
I repeat: Shoot’em on sight.
VB
I could never eat a mouse raw…their little feet are probably real cold going down. :rolleyes:
That is exactly one of the reasons that prompt me to oppose the death penalty in any form. Once you allow it for some crimes, people will want to expand it to cover the “hot” crime of the day.
Well, mangeorge, you tried. You really did. You even got a factual answer to your OP, which I would have bet against. Once we get into “why,” we go into Great Debates territory, as you see. So I’m going to kick it over there for further consideration.
Livin’ on Tums, vitamin E and Rogaine