Reply #48: No, what you don't grasp is you are making USE illegal

[Harald Ragnarsson]

Simple use of a drug.

Now, criminalization of any drug might make some sense if only people who use that drug that commit CRIMES are arrested, but millions and millions more are arrested that commit no CRIME except possessing or using a drug.

Now, for the life of me, after failed Prohibition and a failed War on Drugs that has not lessened drug use in anyway but has attacked our civil rights in every way imaginable, I can't understand how you don't see that this approach will not work. For any drug. Edit: And The Drug War IS affecting us in ways never dreamed of; PEED IN A CUP FOR A JOB LATELY?

Now, I have done just about everything under the sun at one time or another in my near 50 years and I have never been arrested. For ANYTHING. Not even an alcohol related crime.

You want to tell me why I should have a law dictating what I can or cannot do?

Also, why does this alleged Democratic concept of "I control my own body" end at abortion or gay marriage? Seriously? This doesn't compute.

No, it's really quite simple. If someone is on drugs and commits a crime, send them to jail for the crime, but don't say nobody else can this drug and we'll throw you in jail too if you do.

That's some crazy shit.

Edit: I also called you no names anywhere on the thread I see. Maybe you're reading what you want to read.