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Comrade Grumpy

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21. Many people hooked on hard drugs have made contributions to society.

Reply to dkf (Reply #5)

Wed Jan 9, 2013, 03:43 PM

Jan 2013

This guy, for instance: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stewart_Halsted

Note well that when he was addicted, morphine wasn't illegal. He was a cofounder of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.

I would submit that many of the negative consequences you attribute to hard drug use are actually attributable to hard drug use under a drug prohibition regime.

I know several people that take enough opioid pain pills to kill you or me and absolutely fit the definition of addicted, yet are productive, contributing members of society.

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10 Ways the Drug War Is Causing Massive Collateral Damage to Our Society [View all] xchrom Jan 2013 OP

I'm not confident any of those consequences are unintended WhoIsNumberNone Jan 2013 #1

^^^THIS^^^ BlueNoteSpecial Jan 2013 #17

K&R. thanks for posting. Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2013 #2

Yeah, but rich people are getting richer and that's all that matters in this world.nt valerief Jan 2013 #3

+1 daleanime Jan 2013 #4

Many of the rich dotymed Jan 2013 #9

Maybe you should be blaming drug use instead of the war on drugs. dkf Jan 2013 #5

Yes. But all drugs aren't the same. freedom fighter jh Jan 2013 #7

That is why I said hard drugs. Marijuana, not so much. dkf Jan 2013 #8

I don't recommend it but many people dotymed Jan 2013 #10

I was "hooked on narcotics" for years Ligyron Jan 2013 #13

Supposedly using narcotics for pain is different from using them for a high. dkf Jan 2013 #14

No "supposedly" about it. dotymed Jan 2013 #19

Why would you allow this to be sold legally? dkf Jan 2013 #18

For every crazed meth user who did something crazy, I can point to 10 boozers who did the same thing Comrade Grumpy Jan 2013 #22

10 boozers threw a 1 year old baby off a freeway overpass? dkf Jan 2013 #23

So, why is jail the answer? glowing Jan 2013 #11

Treatment only works if people want it to work, because there are consequences like jail. dkf Jan 2013 #15

Hard drugs like alcohol? Fumesucker Jan 2013 #12

Obviously not. dkf Jan 2013 #16

you're kidding right? uponit7771 Jan 2013 #20

Many people hooked on hard drugs have made contributions to society. Comrade Grumpy Jan 2013 #21

Apparently it was more of a problem than you may think... dkf Jan 2013 #25

Drug PROHIBITION causes crime, not drug USE leftstreet Jan 2013 #24

You don't think there are consequences that come out of abuse of drugs other than arrest for dkf Jan 2013 #26

'I would think.' Jesus leftstreet Jan 2013 #27

Here you go... dkf Jan 2013 #28

K&R DeSwiss Jan 2013 #6