Yes, the bromide "All drugs should be legalized" is a luxury belief. It is also thinking that has not been pushed to its logical conclusion. So you want to make all drugs that are currently prescribed legal for self-prescription? You want to legalize self-prescription of fentanyl? It killed 107,000 Americans in 2021 (up 35% from 2020). Just two micrograms is lethal. Cops often are at risk just from having to handle the stuff. Not enough of a killer for you...how about carfentanyl (a veterinary large animal tranquilizer, many times the potency of fentanyl). How about endless designer drugs with god knows what consequences (e.g. bath salts). Drugs on this level create physical risk to those around the user, not just the user. There need to be at least some legal boundaries around drugs. That's why some are by medical prescription only and some are not legal for street (non-prescription) use.
Corrections for my previous post. While 107,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year the CDC estimates 67% (about 72,000) of those were synthetic opioids (mainly fentanyl). Also the lethal dose is 2 milligrams not 2 micrograms.
All drugs are not the same. That's why "Just say no" failed. MJ is not heroin. Caffeine is not cocaine. Whiskey is not oxy.
So I agree about highly addictive, highly deadly drugs being kept illegal. Mushrooms though ... under the right circumstances can be beneficial and are less addictive (if at all) and less lethal than alcohol (again if at all). Cocaine, no. Meth, no. Heroin, absolutely not.
Alcohol is the tough one. I've always been a moderate drinker. My dad was full blown alcoholic, but began recovery when I was ten. My brother in law is currently in rehab, but only after my in-laws threatened to kick him to the curb, finally.
WHY do we drink? WHY do we abuse illegal drugs? To escape reality. Because this world we've created is incredibly stressful and lacks meaning, IMO. It's not drugs, just like it's not guns, it's our culture that is killing us mind, soul, and finally body.
Damn. I didn't mean to get so dark. I do have hope that things are going to turn around soon, but we have to face the fact that there is a spiritual crisis happening. Drugs are a salve. Could this be a turning point?
YouтАЩre right but substance abuse crosses all class boundaries. The idea that everyone should have access to any substance would have staggering effects. Meth from a vending machine?
Yes, the bromide "All drugs should be legalized" is a luxury belief. It is also thinking that has not been pushed to its logical conclusion. So you want to make all drugs that are currently prescribed legal for self-prescription? You want to legalize self-prescription of fentanyl? It killed 107,000 Americans in 2021 (up 35% from 2020). Just two micrograms is lethal. Cops often are at risk just from having to handle the stuff. Not enough of a killer for you...how about carfentanyl (a veterinary large animal tranquilizer, many times the potency of fentanyl). How about endless designer drugs with god knows what consequences (e.g. bath salts). Drugs on this level create physical risk to those around the user, not just the user. There need to be at least some legal boundaries around drugs. That's why some are by medical prescription only and some are not legal for street (non-prescription) use.
Corrections for my previous post. While 107,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year the CDC estimates 67% (about 72,000) of those were synthetic opioids (mainly fentanyl). Also the lethal dose is 2 milligrams not 2 micrograms.
How completely sane and well-informed. Thank you for that comment.
All drugs are not the same. That's why "Just say no" failed. MJ is not heroin. Caffeine is not cocaine. Whiskey is not oxy.
So I agree about highly addictive, highly deadly drugs being kept illegal. Mushrooms though ... under the right circumstances can be beneficial and are less addictive (if at all) and less lethal than alcohol (again if at all). Cocaine, no. Meth, no. Heroin, absolutely not.
Alcohol is the tough one. I've always been a moderate drinker. My dad was full blown alcoholic, but began recovery when I was ten. My brother in law is currently in rehab, but only after my in-laws threatened to kick him to the curb, finally.
WHY do we drink? WHY do we abuse illegal drugs? To escape reality. Because this world we've created is incredibly stressful and lacks meaning, IMO. It's not drugs, just like it's not guns, it's our culture that is killing us mind, soul, and finally body.
Damn. I didn't mean to get so dark. I do have hope that things are going to turn around soon, but we have to face the fact that there is a spiritual crisis happening. Drugs are a salve. Could this be a turning point?
As that is Colorado, I wrote previously I was in Denver in late September, it is a toilet compared to 2005, last time I spent days there.
Only difference is that it has laxer drug rules than the states surrounding it.
Seems like there might be a connection there.
YouтАЩre right but substance abuse crosses all class boundaries. The idea that everyone should have access to any substance would have staggering effects. Meth from a vending machine?
IтАЩm guessing sheтАЩs more in favor of Portugal-style legalization than San Francisco style. Just my guess