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James
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Date Posted: 21:47:53 11/08/00 Wed
In reply to:
Terry
's message, "I cant disagree more...." on 07:32:19 11/08/00 Wed
> Ok James. I respect your opinion but here is mine.
> Billy Boy Joe goes and gets high. He gets behind a
> wheel and kills my daughter in an accident.
A tradgity to be sure, but how is that different than killing someone in a car accident driving drunk? I mean there would have to be laws to protect people against such things. And a person driving under the influence of alcohol is commiting a crime, even though alcohol is legal right? Well if the drugs were legal and people kill someone under the influence of the DRUGS then that would be the same as a DUI.
Jobby the
> Crack Head needs money for crack. Legal or not... so
> he kills my wife for the $50 she has in her purse.
Then he would be convicted for that murder. Murder is murder no matter why you do it. And besides, even if that crack was illegal, would he still have killed her for the money anyway? Probably...
>
> Crime will not drop by legalizing drugs. Drug
> trafficing crime will drop to nothing. But other crime
> will easily step up and take it over.
I disagree. Crime was out of control when alcohol was illegal, however when it was legalized the crime that came about due to the black market was eliminated. That's because people could no longer make a killing on alcohol, the organized crime gangs had to go to either other illegal activities or take their earning and go legit.
>
> Now if you would have said pot only, I could come to
> turms with that. But when your talking Coke, Crack,
> Acid, X, ect. I will never give in on that issue.
Pot, most definatly should be legalized, I am sure there are other drugs out there that are just way too f'ed up. But at the same time. If people want to fuck themselves up with it who cares? Let them kill themselves. I mean people mess up their lives all the time with alcohol. The kill people in car accidents, the fuck up their family lives adn drink themselves to death. How is it different than those drugs? I don't know. But please give me your imput I respect your opinion.
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>
> > Well I get your drift. I wouldn't just want to kill
> > right off, but eventually and slowly return those
> > powers of regulation that are not granted to the
> > Federal Government to the states.
> >
> > For instance, why do drugs have to be illegal? If we
> > get rid of the DEA we can stop wasting our money on
> > drug legislation that doesnt' work. We can stop
> > invading peoples homes and stop risking the lives of
> > people who for any other reason are law-abiding. Now
> > get this. We de-illegalize drugs and something weird
> > will happen. No more black market!! which means drug
> > prices will be lowered because you can sell them in
> > plain view and not get in trouble. Automatically
> crime
> > would drop, because of the legality of the drugs.
> Also
> > the drug lords now who murder and fight over
> territory
> > will be forced into legitimate work that depends on
> > competition rather than harassment and gang war. All
> > the money made off drug sales will then be able to be
> > done with credit, checks, over the internet, credit
> > cards, and the economy will benefit. Also the money
> > now made in drugs can be put to better use by going
> > into banks and investments where it can't right now
> > for fear of being traced. Then we can also tax this
> > very lurcetive business!
> >
> > Now the morality of the issue comes into play. And to
> > that my answer is. If you don't want to do it, then
> > don't. Justy like cigarrets or alchohol, these drugs
> > are harmful yes. But nobody cares if you drink or
> > smoke do they? And the same laws would apply for
> these
> > drugs that are akin to drunk driving and public
> health
> > hazards.
> >
> > Lets face it the war on drugs is rediculous. It is a
> > big fat failure and it's high time America got the
> > point. Just like prohibition, it has failed. the only
> > people that profit from the illgality of drugs are
> the
> > drug dealers themselves.
> >
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