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From: Jack Hollis on 7 May 2010 21:06 On Fri, 07 May 2010 12:26:57 -0500, bknight(a)conramp.net wrote: >Most of those who now abuse >alcohol would probably use hard drugs if they were legal. All things being equal (both legal) they'd be much better off abusing heroin.
From: Jack Hollis on 7 May 2010 21:08 On Fri, 07 May 2010 12:30:47 -0500, bknight(a)conramp.net wrote: >>> I've had two friends die from drugs. One with coke, one meth. Our society >>> would end as we know it if these drugs were ever legalized. >> >>What complete and utter bullshit.. > >Why is it bullshit? Of course our society would >change....drastically. That's the same as "end as we know it". > >BK I agree that society would change drastically except it would change for the better.
From: bknight on 7 May 2010 21:11 On Fri, 07 May 2010 20:50:47 -0400, Jack Hollis <xsleeper(a)aol.com> wrote: >On Fri, 07 May 2010 11:30:25 -0500, bknight(a)conramp.net wrote: > >>So open the flood gate of legal drugs TO MILLIONS WHO MIGHT THEN DO >>HARM TO OTHERS. > >It's an assumption that legalization would increase drug use. Legalized drugs will be far less expensive which validates that assumption. >Fact is that drugs are easily available to anyone who wants them. Right now, >it's easier for a High School kid to get illegal drugs than alcohol. Ridiculous Jack. All a kid needs for alcohol is a fake ID, or one person of age to buy it...at hundreds of stores anywhere in his hometown. To get drugs is far more difficult and expensive. >So the idea that legalization would increase drug use is by no means a >proven hypothesis. > And even if it did, most people who try drugs, or alcohol, never develop a problem. Alcoholism is rampant, and drug use is far more entrapping. BK
From: bknight on 7 May 2010 21:13 On Fri, 07 May 2010 20:55:04 -0400, Jack Hollis <xsleeper(a)aol.com> wrote: >On Fri, 07 May 2010 12:01:06 -0500, bknight(a)conramp.net wrote: > >>It's insane to give such freedom when you are assured that it will, in >>fact, cause harm to others. Your opinion would be different if a >>loved one was killed by someone driving a car while high on cocaine. >>If not, you're certainly in the minority. >> >>BK > >Just because cocaine is legal doesn't mean that driving under the >influence of cocaine would be legal. Alcohol is legal. You aren't thinking very straight. Driving under the influence of either is illegal now. Why would that change? BK
From: bknight on 7 May 2010 21:14
On Fri, 07 May 2010 17:58:05 -0700, Alan Baker <alangbaker(a)telus.net> wrote: >In article <22d9u5p6vjeupjfdpkeot2g5h89oc7ns9j(a)4ax.com>, > Jack Hollis <xsleeper(a)aol.com> wrote: > >> On Fri, 07 May 2010 11:30:25 -0500, bknight(a)conramp.net wrote: >> >> >So open the flood gate of legal drugs TO MILLIONS WHO MIGHT THEN DO >> >HARM TO OTHERS. >> >> It's an assumption that legalization would increase drug use. Fact is >> that drugs are easily available to anyone who wants them. Right now, >> it's easier for a High School kid to get illegal drugs than alcohol. >> So the idea that legalization would increase drug use is by no means a >> proven hypothesis. And even if it did, most people who try drugs, or >> alcohol, never develop a problem. > >Yup. > >And currently, almost every seller of alcohol has a strong incentive not >to sell to minors: the threat of losing one's license to sell alcohol. > >Drug sellers have no such incentive not to sell to children. As you are wont to say "LOL". BK |