Drug Legalization - Expensive and Deadly Lie

Washington Witness ^ | by Eric Lobsinger

[tdadams]

This is the most amateur and sloppy piece of "journalism" I've ever seen. This guy consistently substitutes his own opinion for hard facts. This is laughable. This is no more an authoritative article than some of the rambling prohibitionist rants from pseudo-tyrants in our government (or here on FR for that matter).

The author states that drugs cannot be lumped together with tobacco and alcohol, but does exactly that himself (twice in fact) in the paragraph just preceeding. I'm sure he realizes that taken separately, the dangers and consequences of drugs are miniscule in comparison to alcohol, therefore it's necessary to lump them together in order to talk about the collective danger of mind-altering substances. His contention that drugs (especially marijuana) is more dangerous than alcohol is obviously wrong (and laughable) even to the most gullible and un-critical thinker.

His examples of Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Switzerland take a very selective view of the problem. It also refers to the early stages of those countries' decriminalization programs, where the best approach was yet to be played out (but nonetheless worthwhile). I've been to both countries and seen them firsthand. I doubt the author has. Of course there's going to be a certain amount of transitional problems, but that doesn't make decriminalization a failure or without merit.

This is so poorly written and researched (if it was researched at all!) that I can't believe someone would actually publish it. This student newspaper has just injured its credibility significantly.

[StriperSniper]

Legalizing drugs will produce a nation of zombies who are impossible to live with individually and who will impose their stunted mentalities politically.

Too late, Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, etc.

[Dane]

Substitute the word "guns" for "drugs" and you can use the same narrow-minded arguments to scare people into giving up their 2nd Amendment liberties.

Yawn the old drugs are morally equal to guns arguement.

Firearems help save innocent life and property, please tell me the last time when the recreational(addictive) use of a joint, crack pipe, or heroin needle have saved a life.

[fod]

How long, after legalization, will it take you to turn into a zombie?

[CJ Wolf]

A Zombie!!! Must be that haitian voodoo weed I been hearing about...They really shouldn't legalize that, you know, Cause it turns you into a Zombie, Just like in scooby-doo, oh wait, that's Mr. Pinkerdale with a Zombie mask! It's not the result of legalization.

Good work Zelma!

[fod]

Your argument doesn't hold up because there's nothing the in the constitution which guarantees the right to use drugs.

I suppose that is why it took an amendment to the Constitution to wage a war on alcohol.

BTW, your arguement holds water if you interpret certain clauses like a tax and spend and create a welfare state to control behavior liberal...

[JohnGalt]

That the Consitution and the Declaration of Independence are written on hemp fiber, notwithstanding.

[FreeTally]

Yawn the old drugs are morally equal to guns arguement.

Yawn; the old "if something does not provde utility to me, then I can have the government inprison and kill you for possessing it" argument.

[JohnGalt]

It was Alexander Hamilton who eloquently argued against a Bill of Rights for fear that later generations would claim those were the only protected rights.

[fod]

Good grief, this article is nothing more than emotional quasi-marxist tripe.

I wonder what this idiot's view on gun control is

This really did need a "barf alert"

[fod]

That the Consitution and the Declaration of Independence are written on hemp fiber, notwithstanding.

Perhaps this is the real reason the DEA recently banned all hemp products--another endrun around the document

[fod]

LOL

[alpowolf]

Yawn the old drugs are morally equal to guns arguement

Wake up. That's not the argument. The point is that you drug warriors use the same flawed thinking as the gun grabbers. In other words, drugs are not morally equal to guns; you are morally equal to Rosie O'Donnell!

[Mikey]

Or alcohol, or cigaretts, or high fat foods, or rock climbing, or bungie jumping, or sky diving, or ?????????????.

[Rodney King]

It was Alexander Hamilton who eloquently argued against a Bill of Rights for fear that later generations would claim those were the only protected rights

Yes, it is so sad to see FReepers who don't understand this.

[Mikey]

Check out the 9th &10th Amendments.

[steve-b]

Gotten tired of being laughed off the Harry Potter and creationism threads?

[Rodney King]

Wake up. That's not the argument. The point is that you drug warriors use the same flawed thinking as the gun grabbers. In other words, drugs are not morally equal to guns; you are morally equal to Rosie O'Donnell!

Zing! You got it.

[steve-b]

much more carcinogenic than tobacco, which means it supresses the human immune system

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

[alpowolf]

Inconceivable!!;-)