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Recreational pot use big winner in election
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<blockquote data-quote="PiscesMom" data-source="post: 704333" data-attributes="member: 19889"><p>I am very much for legalization. And for decriminalization of all drugs.</p><p>But there are two issues here being conflated - like, should drug x be used, and should drug x be legal/ decriminalized.</p><p>Before the drug war, we had cough syrup made of morphine, for example. You could buy drugs at pharmacies. Making drugs illegal does not stop demand. Before alcohol prohibition, people drank beer. During prohibition, because of smuggling, it had to be concentrated into hard liquor. And now beer and wine is popular again. It is the same for other drugs - coca leaves become cocaine, which becomes crack, etc.</p><p>All it does is put the mentally ill, and addicts in jail. It bars many people from getting help they need. It creates a huge underworld, gangs, violence. Instead of ad wars, like alcohol companies, they have deadly turf wars. Children are out selling drugs, even in the US. But - they don't sell alcohol!</p><p>In Colorado, teen marijuana use is lower than the national average!</p><p></p><p>People use drugs. They always have and always will.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PiscesMom, post: 704333, member: 19889"] I am very much for legalization. And for decriminalization of all drugs. But there are two issues here being conflated - like, should drug x be used, and should drug x be legal/ decriminalized. Before the drug war, we had cough syrup made of morphine, for example. You could buy drugs at pharmacies. Making drugs illegal does not stop demand. Before alcohol prohibition, people drank beer. During prohibition, because of smuggling, it had to be concentrated into hard liquor. And now beer and wine is popular again. It is the same for other drugs - coca leaves become cocaine, which becomes crack, etc. All it does is put the mentally ill, and addicts in jail. It bars many people from getting help they need. It creates a huge underworld, gangs, violence. Instead of ad wars, like alcohol companies, they have deadly turf wars. Children are out selling drugs, even in the US. But - they don't sell alcohol! In Colorado, teen marijuana use is lower than the national average! People use drugs. They always have and always will. [/QUOTE]
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