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azurnoir

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21. IMO there are some drugs that should for very good reason remain illegal or at least controlled

Sat Mar 2, 2013, 02:21 AM

Mar 2013

Meth would be one, Ice a concentrated meth derivative is another, opiate pain killers should be controlled as I personally know 3 people who are medically addicted, but the biggest expenditure is marijuana which IMO should be legal.

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The war on drugs summed up in a single image [View all] Kurska Mar 2013 OP

source? patrice Mar 2013 #1

Here you go, I'll add it to my OP Kurska Mar 2013 #2

Thank you. patrice Mar 2013 #3

$20B wasted in 2010, so what do you suppose that is today? nt patrice Mar 2013 #4

No idea, but I can tell you it way too much n/t Kurska Mar 2013 #6

I bet some of the people I shared that with agree with us - TOO MUCH! patrice Mar 2013 #43

Hey! Someone's got to get rich, why not them? Fire Walk With Me Mar 2013 #5

I just heard part of a speech by Jimmy Carter on the radio DisgustipatedinCA Mar 2013 #11

I did some research for a school project in the fall of 2009...... TheDebbieDee Mar 2013 #33

nt. grahampuba Mar 2013 #56

Always follow the money GeoWilliam750 Mar 2013 #58

See? It's working!!11! progressoid Mar 2013 #7

yeah, you can see that addiction rate really tapering off! 0rganism Mar 2013 #9

Looks like a chart on the 'war on poverty' Zax2me Mar 2013 #8

Link(s)? Facts? Last I heard, we waved the white flag in that war about 40 years ago... SunSeeker Mar 2013 #17

What war on poverty? CrispyQ Mar 2013 #49

ah what a fascinating chart and your solution is? azurnoir Mar 2013 #10

Make some drugs legal. DisgustipatedinCA Mar 2013 #12

perhaps you should read my avatar closely and also keep in mind azurnoir Mar 2013 #13

This is a discussion board. I replied to you. Live with it. DisgustipatedinCA Mar 2013 #16

you made false accusations and then demand annswers ? azurnoir Mar 2013 #18

You're a drug warrior, as you said in your first post DisgustipatedinCA Mar 2013 #19

so now your doubling down on the falsehoods ? azurnoir Mar 2013 #20

Well, you got an answer from me instead DisgustipatedinCA Mar 2013 #22

actually my intial comment got 2 replies yours and another azurnoir Mar 2013 #24

OK DisgustipatedinCA Mar 2013 #27

no not big portions of it as I told another poster azurnoir Mar 2013 #30

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

you talking about users and I am thinking dealers and azurnoir Mar 2013 #32

Sadly the only way to do away with dealers is to legalize it. Kurska Mar 2013 #36

That much is true ruining the lives of userssome of who's lives are already in ruins is a waste azurnoir Mar 2013 #39

Methedrine was legal for 40 years, no serious problems. Warren Stupidity Mar 2013 #54

Nice post. Webster Green Mar 2013 #61

Spot on. I don't know where in the Constitution the government is granted power Flatulo Mar 2013 #63

I should be allowed to grow opium poppies if i so desire. Webster Green Mar 2013 #60

Legalize, regulate and tax some drugs and decriminalize the rest. Kurska Mar 2013 #26

The drug war was/is one of the most successful government programs ever green for victory Mar 2013 #14

Next thing you know... bobclark86 Mar 2013 #23

+1 nt Live and Learn Mar 2013 #38

Pee in a cup to get a job, pee in a cup to get social services. CrispyQ Mar 2013 #51

The War on Drugs is making someone rich Chisox08 Mar 2013 #25

This ^^^^ x 1000 nt Mnemosyne Mar 2013 #42

You can take that addiction rate all the way back into the 19th century. Egalitarian Thug Mar 2013 #29

How do we translate the anti-drug war sentiment into political change? Comrade Grumpy Mar 2013 #31

K&R DeSwiss Mar 2013 #34

here's another one for you: Warren DeMontague Mar 2013 #35

Fit and Trim Drug Warriors all---- warrant46 Mar 2013 #62

Wow... Blue_In_AK Mar 2013 #37

On the upside, the private prison industry is doing quite well. Scuba Mar 2013 #40

If the plan was to lock up young black men malaise Mar 2013 #41

got to feed the privatized prison system spanone Mar 2013 #44

" Imagine what we could have done with 1.5 trillion dollars. " Volaris Mar 2013 #45

We have a system that has gone to war with it's own people felix_numinous Mar 2013 #46

The integral of the green graph looks like roughly $400B. Lucky Luciano Mar 2013 #47

Good point. Warren Stupidity Mar 2013 #55

It wasn't a waste. A lot of very rich people got that money and making valerief Mar 2013 #48

i would like to see . . . Dem2TheCore Mar 2013 #50

But that $1.5 Trillion was well spent 99th_Monkey Mar 2013 #52

"War On Drugs" = a cover to funnel money to extra-Governmental entities blkmusclmachine Mar 2013 #53

The United States is the NUMBER ONE purveyor of weaponry and other warfare infrastructure. Raster Mar 2013 #57

The war on drugs or libdude Mar 2013 #59

hmmm lostcat Mar 2013 #64