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In reply to the discussion: The war on drugs summed up in a single image [View all]azurnoir
(45,850 posts)21. IMO there are some drugs that should for very good reason remain illegal or at least controlled
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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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