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And legalizing drugs would probably reduce gun violence more than cthulu2016 Dec 2012 #1
Awesome! *hands you a medal for being awesome* nt ZombieHorde Dec 2012 #2
If drugs were not controlled, prices would go down and prison cells would be emptied. I'm for that. jody Dec 2012 #3
Exactly, more guns == more violence realgreen Dec 2012 #4
May be logical to you but the government report showed murder rates with firearms decreased as # of jody Dec 2012 #5
Yes. The problem is prohibition != fewer guns Recursion Dec 2012 #13
Why? OneMoreDemocrat Dec 2012 #6
You want to know what a good argument for decriminalising/legalising drugs is? Spider Jerusalem Dec 2012 #7
I agree with your comments on Mexico as to why it's such a violent place... OneMoreDemocrat Dec 2012 #8
Well... Spider Jerusalem Dec 2012 #9
Well, yeah if you want them you can get them... OneMoreDemocrat Dec 2012 #10
Which isn't what I advocated Spider Jerusalem Dec 2012 #12
Oops, I was confused by your responding to a thread entitled "I want controlled drugs deregulated' OneMoreDemocrat Dec 2012 #14
Legalisation of cannabis, decriminalisation of smack, meth and coke Spider Jerusalem Dec 2012 #15
Eek... OneMoreDemocrat Dec 2012 #16
Please learn the difference between "decriminalised" and "legal" Spider Jerusalem Dec 2012 #17
Ah, OK, thank you... OneMoreDemocrat Dec 2012 #18
Alcohol is legal, how many alcoholics are there? Enough to justify criminalising alcohol? Spider Jerusalem Dec 2012 #19
No, but don't you think we have enough problems with alcohol?... OneMoreDemocrat Dec 2012 #20
I think that it's frankly silly to assume that more people will do drugs if they're legal Spider Jerusalem Dec 2012 #21
OK, then it's silly... OneMoreDemocrat Dec 2012 #22
Rates aren't "sky-high" Spider Jerusalem Dec 2012 #23
Rates of addiction in this country are in fact 'sky-high'... OneMoreDemocrat Dec 2012 #24
That's just absurd Spider Jerusalem Dec 2012 #25
Well, now that YOU'VE called the argument stupid and me ignorant... OneMoreDemocrat Dec 2012 #26
Ending the War on Drugs would do more to end gun violence than anything I can think of Recursion Dec 2012 #11
"Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results." No one knows jody Dec 2012 #27
Drugs (both soft and hard) should be legalized, Jamaal510 Dec 2012 #28
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