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Two very true statements. Anything,wether legal or illegal, can be good or bad. It all depends on where,when,how much and how often you take it. The truth is if you do coke a few times it probably wont have any ill effects. And it is also true that most people who do coke do not get addicted. The problem comes in the people that do. Because the people that do get addicted get really addicted. My point is this, the original question was "Would drugs be bad if they were legal". My response to that is no, and they are not bad now. What is bad is the drug culture in some (but not all) areas. And yes that would get better atleast. Here is what would happen if lets say just marijauna was made legal. First there would still be scare tactics from the goverment. Don't be fooled into thinking it has to be illegal for that. They still do it for alcohol and tobacco. Not just anyone could buy it either. I personally would want the same laws applied to it as are currently applied to alchohol. The same laws as far as buying as well as being in public and driving. So as far as all the fears of it becomming legal and the schools being flooded with it (and I hate to tell you this but most of them allready are), well its still going to be illegal for student age kids. Also a store is much more inclined to ask for ID then a drug dealer. And thats another thing. Most drug dealers who sell in marijuana also deal in other drugs as well. I do not believe in the whole gateway drug theory BUT I do believe that any marijuana smoked has access to harder drugs if they want it. That would of course stop if it was legal. Now as far as drug money going to terrorist. I am sure we all allready know that this is a gross exaggeration. I mean it is possible, a number of terrorist groups do make and sell drugs. Of course most of our drugs are made in the country, then the ones that aren't the leading importers are canada and mexico. Now thats not to say drug money doesn't go to bad people. It goes to drug dealers who are typically shady people in the first place. Past that alot of it goes to american street gangs. Ever wonder how all them gang members don't have jobs but are able to afford their cars and 9mm? Another thing that would happen is the cost of marijauna would fall, and the goverment could (and would) turn around and tax it. Thats alot of extra income. I personally wouldn't mind paying it because even with the taxes on it it would still be cheaper then it is now. The thing is is that people who premote keeping it illegal always have this illusion of the good citizen not smoking because it is illegal. Of course there will be some of those but there will also be lots of people like me. People who don't do something just because the goverment tells you you can and also don't not do something just because the government tells you you can't. Who is the government? The government is simply a rulling body of men (and a few women) who make up rules and enforce them through military force. They could be,and often are, wrong. Well what I say is what the goverment doesn't know doesn't hurt them and I don't plan on getting caught doing anything illegal anytime soon.

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Meridae'n once played "death" at a game of chess that lasted for over two years. He finally beat death in a best 34 out of 67 match. At that time he could ask for any one thing and he could wish for the hope of all mankind... he looked death right in the eye and said ...

"I would like about three fiddy"