End the War on Drugs [Ron Paul]

U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Tex., 14th District ^ | 2009-03-30

[Chunga]

You smoke pot with your friends?

How old are you?

[SoCalPol]

Not your reality, in podunk

[Trailerpark Badass]

You know exactly what that means. Would you want your son or daughter in a car driven by a pot head

No.

I don't want them in a car driven by a drunk, either.

What in the world does that have to do with legalisation?

[mommya]

What is podunk?

[Trailerpark Badass]

Not your reality, in podunk

LOL, you use that line alot, don't you?

[Loud Mime]

A few years back in Phoenix a family of four was killed by a drug dealer. They didn’t do drugs, but a family member did. Four innocent lives, murdered. Two tortured. One raped.

Yep, keeping drugs illegal is the solution.

Seriously, there’s no way out of this crap. I just believe that the drug forces should turn into immigration cops with catapults that hurl the people back to Mexico.

[ChrisInAR]

You smoke pot with your friends?

Well D'UH!!!!!!!! w/ who else should it be?

BTW, I'm 46.

[mommya]

What do you mean by pothead?

Someone who smokes - or someone who has just smoked or what - anyone who has ever smoked?

When someone says the word pothead - I usually think they have no real clue about “pot.” It is a silly term and it won’t get you taken seriously.

[MaxMax]

Hey Ron, how about ending the war against Capitalism and Freedom.

[Trailerpark Badass]

What is podunk?

Any place other than Southern California, apparently. He says to that everyone who disagrees with him, I guess mean ing that if you don't live in Southern California, you haven't experienced enough to have a valid opinion on the subject.

A bizarre argument, but he seems to like it.

[Trailerpark Badass]

When someone says the word pothead - I usually think they have no real clue about “pot.” It is a silly term and it won’t get you taken seriously.

Yep. The analog with respect to alcohol is a "drunk," but they seem to use it to describe anyone who has ever smoked pot.

[upsdriver]

Win the war on drugs, implement the death penalty for drug users.

[GLDNGUN]

I love the ignorance!

I'll bet you do. There is a big difference between crystal methamphetamine and Desoxyn. Desoxyn is not prepared to be smoked. That makes a big difference for a tweeker. So, I'll rephrase my question if that will make you happy...I’d love to ask Ron where the SMOKABLE meth should come from to be sold in the “coffee-house dispensaries”.

[Ken H]

And just to make sure I understand you what you are saying...we have a serious drug problem in this country...and if make drugs legal and cheaper...we'll have fewer addicts. Is that truly your argument?

That is not my argument. I only showed a correlation, not necessarily a causal relation.

I'm arguing that a hundred years of drug prohibition cannot be shown to have lowered addiction rates in the US.

[GLDNGUN]

What do you mean by pothead? Someone who smokes - or someone who has just smoked or what - anyone who has ever smoked? When someone says the word pothead - I usually think they have no real clue about “pot.” It is a silly term and it won’t get you taken seriously.

Potheads don't take much of anything seriously.

[philman_36]

Win the war on drugs, implement the death penalty for drug users.
That's right! Line those aspirin users up for the firing squad! Hang the partakers of cough syrups! Electrocute everyone who uses any OTC drugs!
Drugs, drugs, drugs...the inanimate bogeyman!

My, how rational your argument sounds.

[Ken H]

Sorry, but how would the DOJ know when no standard definition of drug addiction even EXISTED then; ergo, no way to define, identify, and treat drug addicts?

Ask the DOJ. It's not my fault if the dummies failed to notice that their own reports point out the failure of the WOD.

[budwiesest]

When people get a taste of Obama’s healthcare fiasco, those ‘medicines and elixirs’ are going to come back into fashion. Rather than the back of a horse-drawn wagon, they’ll be buying it from the trunk of a BMW.

[ChrisInAR]

Hey Ron, how about ending the war against Capitalism and Freedom.

He's doing the best he can, but unfortunately he's only 1 out of 535 on Capitol Hill. Add to the fact that the MSM ignores him & the "conservative" Establishment despises him....that's why he needs your help, too!

[GLDNGUN]

I'm arguing that a hundred years of drug prohibition cannot be shown to have lowered addiction rates in the US.

Likewise, it can be argued that drug prohibition has kept addiction rates lower than what they would have been if they had been legal for the past 100 years. Tobacco and alcohol consumption have never been illegal. Their "addiction" rates are extremely high in comparison. I see a connection. Do you?