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pan6467 · 01-06-2006, 11:50 PM

Alcohol is the only drug that is found in every culture known throughout history.

Other drugs are basically regional.

Alcohol is the deadliest only because it is legal. IMHO< Marijuana would probably have just as many DUI's, traffic accidents, fights, murders etc. if it were legal, and if it were to achieve the same amount of use. I know first hand that quite a few people caught with alcohol DUI's were also under the influence of weed. (I would like to see the true stats, I have a feeling we'd see some interesting results.)

Opioids, Coke, Meth, regular Amphetamines, Benzos, etc. are all illegal for a reason. They destroy lives and are extremely addictive.

Granted what business does the government have to tell us what is moral and what isn't. But when you truly see the effects of heroin, Meth, Crack, and so on and know if these were legal the rates of abuse and addiction would be unsustainable in cost, you'd realize just 1 danger. Other dangers include people nodding off with lit cigs, babies born addicted, the health toll each of these drugs takes on the body, and so on.

That said, being in the business I am in, I probably would make far far more if they were legal, however, I'd see that many more lives destroyed.

1 reason alcoholism is so rampant is because it is legal. If other drugs were legal the addiction rates would probably be equal to it.

I am for the legalization of marijuana but anything else would truly be economic suicide and addiction would hit epidemic proportions.

Don't believe me, come to work with me, I'll show you thousands of names that thought they could "moderately" do Heroin or Crack. Or thought Meth was ok and they could control the use.

I'll sjow you millionaires that blew everything on drugs, suburban kids who were just out for shits and giggles and fell in love with that first high and are chasing it all the way to prison, not because the drugs are illegal but because the high took over their lives and they couldn't keep jobs and ended up having to commit crimes to get the money to buy the drugs.

I'm not trying to preach, I'm stating fact. I work in the addiction field and I can tell you 99.99% of addicts always started believing they could control their use.

For some reason, drug use seems to be more prevelant in the US than elsewhere, maybe it is because they are illegal and it's a rebel type deal, or perhaps it is the society we have, or perhaps we can afford them moreso than other countries or it could just be that they are more available here even though they are illegal.

Who knows? I just know that with Coke, Heroin, Meth, and so on there is very little "social use" and far more addiction. Alcohol and weed seem to be able to be the only 2 that the user can sustain a moderate, social use of.

01-06-2006, 11:50 PM	#10 (permalink)
pan6467 Lennonite Priest Location: Mansfield, Ohio USA	Alcohol is the only drug that is found in every culture known throughout history. Other drugs are basically regional. Alcohol is the deadliest only because it is legal. IMHO< Marijuana would probably have just as many DUI's, traffic accidents, fights, murders etc. if it were legal, and if it were to achieve the same amount of use. I know first hand that quite a few people caught with alcohol DUI's were also under the influence of weed. (I would like to see the true stats, I have a feeling we'd see some interesting results.) Opioids, Coke, Meth, regular Amphetamines, Benzos, etc. are all illegal for a reason. They destroy lives and are extremely addictive. Granted what business does the government have to tell us what is moral and what isn't. But when you truly see the effects of heroin, Meth, Crack, and so on and know if these were legal the rates of abuse and addiction would be unsustainable in cost, you'd realize just 1 danger. Other dangers include people nodding off with lit cigs, babies born addicted, the health toll each of these drugs takes on the body, and so on. That said, being in the business I am in, I probably would make far far more if they were legal, however, I'd see that many more lives destroyed. 1 reason alcoholism is so rampant is because it is legal. If other drugs were legal the addiction rates would probably be equal to it. I am for the legalization of marijuana but anything else would truly be economic suicide and addiction would hit epidemic proportions. Don't believe me, come to work with me, I'll show you thousands of names that thought they could "moderately" do Heroin or Crack. Or thought Meth was ok and they could control the use. I'll sjow you millionaires that blew everything on drugs, suburban kids who were just out for shits and giggles and fell in love with that first high and are chasing it all the way to prison, not because the drugs are illegal but because the high took over their lives and they couldn't keep jobs and ended up having to commit crimes to get the money to buy the drugs. I'm not trying to preach, I'm stating fact. I work in the addiction field and I can tell you 99.99% of addicts always started believing they could control their use. For some reason, drug use seems to be more prevelant in the US than elsewhere, maybe it is because they are illegal and it's a rebel type deal, or perhaps it is the society we have, or perhaps we can afford them moreso than other countries or it could just be that they are more available here even though they are illegal. Who knows? I just know that with Coke, Heroin, Meth, and so on there is very little "social use" and far more addiction. Alcohol and weed seem to be able to be the only 2 that the user can sustain a moderate, social use of. __________________ I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?" Last edited by pan6467; 01-07-2006 at 12:04 AM..