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In reply to the discussion: The war on drugs summed up in a single image [View all]Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)54. Methedrine was legal for 40 years, no serious problems.
No exploding double wides. No poison crank zombies. It is the illegality that causes the most damage. Yes some people will wreck themselves on crank, but they already do, at least they could have access to uncontaminated drugs produced using safe processes.
Same with opiates. We make one generation of processed opiates illegal while selling the next generation as pain killers. The safest form was the original smokable opium tar. Let the addict population have access to an uncontaminated legal source, stop treating them as criminals.
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Link(s)? Facts? Last I heard, we waved the white flag in that war about 40 years ago...
SunSeeker
Mar 2013
#17
Make all drugs legal. Use savings to expand Medicare to ALL, covering addiction recovery centers.
SunSeeker
Mar 2013
#15
IMO there are some drugs that should for very good reason remain illegal or at least controlled
azurnoir
Mar 2013
#21
Meth and Opiates shouldn't be legal, but we shouldn't send people to prison for them either.
Kurska
Mar 2013
#28
That much is true ruining the lives of userssome of who's lives are already in ruins is a waste
azurnoir
Mar 2013
#39
Spot on. I don't know where in the Constitution the government is granted power
Flatulo
Mar 2013
#63
The drug war was/is one of the most successful government programs ever
green for victory
Mar 2013
#14
You can take that addiction rate all the way back into the 19th century.
Egalitarian Thug
Mar 2013
#29
"War On Drugs" = a cover to funnel money to extra-Governmental entities
blkmusclmachine
Mar 2013
#53