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What illegal drugs would you legalize?
psy:
--- Quote from: "none-ya" ---And this drug poll has garnered at last check 63 votes?
AND[/b] YOU CAN VOTE MULTIPLE TIMES
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Nope. You can only vote once.
none-ya:
How many members here have multiple sign in names.
Can't they vote under each one?
Just like in Chicago
Anne Bonney:
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--- Quote from: "Stonewall" ---The Drug Treatment Part.
Most people who enter drug treatment do so as a result of a Court Order, or some other State sanction.
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Which is ends up basically meaning "state ordered re-education" if you think about it. "Don't agree with us about drugs? You have a problem, which we're going to fix whether you like it or not."
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I think the judge has to do something. I dont know what the studies show in this area but the judge usually has the choice of sending the guy to jail or rehab. rehab is geared towards education where as jail is strictly punitive. So they should try education first.
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So, what if it's truly just someone who enjoys smoking pot? They don't need to be educated about it. Someone who just got caught with a joint, no driving under the influence or anything that has harmed anyone else....just a recreational user who doesn't think it's bad or dangerous or the dreaded 'gateway drug'? He is then forced to either go to jail or be "re-educated" and we all know what the obvious choice would be so it ends up just like has been said. The 'state' says he has a problem, even though he doesn't agree, and in order to avoid jail he is sentenced to endure the re-education to convince him of something he doesn't believe and isn't true - that's it's dangerous, a gateway drug etc.. And not to get back off topic, but how many of the treatment centers use the 12 step model, which amounts to sentencing someone to participate in a religion.
The legalization v. decriminalization is a valid point to argue. There's some good information here http://www.dpft.org/policy.htm from, of all places, Texas and of course, here http://blog.norml.org/2010/03/08/real-w ... alization/.
This is a really interesting and completely frightening look inside the mind of Richard Nixon regarding pot. It's a transcript from some of his infamous tapes. There's some ranting about "the gheys", "the darkies" and "the joos" too. Scary man. http://www.csdp.org/research/nixonpot.txt
Decrim is a baby step, but it still leaves pot as being illegal and subject to fines, effects on jobs etc. The result is the same.....being punished for using a plant.
States that have decriminalized pot.
none-ya:
Fl. will never decriminalize. They would just as soon build more and more prisons.
Smoking a joint helps better than 3 of my prescription drugs for nausea ,pian,and blood pressure.
In fact I have to be careful, if I think i'm gonna' burn the hay I skip my blood pressure med for that day 'cause it can sometimes drop too low. Not to mention , no prescription drug has ever made me laugh!
Anne Bonney:
--- Quote from: "none-ya" ---Fl. will never decriminalize. They would just as soon build more and more prisons.
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Yep....if decriminalization/legalization does come to FL, it'll be a damn long time before it happens.
--- Quote ---Smoking a joint helps better than 3 of my prescription drugs for nausea ,pian,and blood pressure.
In fact I have to be careful, if I think i'm gonna' burn the hay I skip my blood pressure med for that day 'cause it can sometimes drop too low. Not to mention , no prescription drug has ever made me laugh![/i][/b]
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:nods: :nods:
I've been able to give up pretty much all meds that I used to be on too. It's a shame that it's so stigmatized because it truly is a miracle medicine, IMO.
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