im glad you finally saw the light sOn, now expand your mind into new horizons

You don't like people who say "drugs are bad" so you're going to be a rebel without a cause because of people who are not related to you in any way (possibly) and you decided to do exactly the opposite of what these strangers say?

I'm going to recommend you to simply forget about it and not think about this issue before you're a tad bit more mature. If you're thinking this way, you're doing drugs for the worst possible reason and, although my bitter self would say "Yay for Natural selection", I'd hate to see that happening, as you would be behaving in an even worse way than "the people you despise".

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Originally posted by Lira You don't like people who say "drugs are bad" so you're going to be a rebel without a cause because of people who are not related to you in any way (possibly) and you decided to do exactly the opposite of what these strangers say? I'm going to recommend you to simply forget about it and not think about this issue before you're a tad bit more mature. If you're thinking this way, you're doing drugs for the worst possible reason and, although my bitter self would say "Yay for Natural selection", I'd hate to see that happening, as you would be behaving in an even worse way than "the people you despise".

I'm not saying I WILL do drugs - just that I feel like doing them. Even though I'm more emotion than logical, I'm not stupid enough to do drugs just for that reason.

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Originally posted by DJ Cinos I'm not saying I WILL do drugs - just that I feel like doing them.

Oh, it sounded you would.

Anyway, why do those campaigns bother you so much?

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Originally posted by Lira Oh, it sounded you would. Anyway, why do those campaigns bother you so much?

I don't know. Probably because I'm a teenager and get bothered about all sorts of weird things.

It's just the "I'm clean, I'm better than you"-attitude which annoys me.

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Originally posted by DJ Cinos I don't know. Probably because I'm a teenager and get bothered about all sorts of weird things. It's just the "I'm clean, I'm better than you"-attitude which annoys me.

Either that or you are smart enough to recoginze bullshit government propaganda when you see it.

The reasons that drugs are illegal have nothing to do with them being bad for you.

But you have to be careful with them. I've got nothing but positive benefits from my use, but I've also watched a lot of friends mess up their lives because they just didn't know how to control it.

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Originally posted by XaNaX The reasons that drugs are illegal have nothing to do with them being bad for you.

I've been thinking about that... it could be right, but if that isn't the reason, what is?

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mexicans brought weed into the us, americans didn't like mexicans
crack cocaine is the favored type of coke among african americans, and carrys by far the heaviest penalty of any other form of coke
opiates came from the chinese and the middle easterners
what do we grow on our own?
tobacco!
legal as fuck and killing more people than all the others combined

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Just put some powder up your nose and be done with it already.

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Originally posted by mezzir what do we grow on our own? tobacco! legal as fuck and killing more people than all the others combined

We grow crystal meth!

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Originally posted by DJ Cinos I've been thinking about that... it could be right, but if that isn't the reason, what is?

Quick history of the war on drugs:

In the 1960s the use of drugs expanded and became more accepted because it was now middle class white kids using them not black inner-city youths. This, plus an increase in use by GIs in Vietnam caused the government to take a more harsh line towards drugs.

This resulted in the passage of the Controlled Substances Act in 1970 and Nixon's declaration of a war on drugs in 1971. At this point the majority of spending on drug prevention when towards treatment, not law enforcement.

As time went on the efforts moved more towards law enforcement, especially with the passage of The Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act in 1978. This allowed law enforcement to seize property and money used in the drug trade.

From now on the war on drugs has become a cash cow for law enforcement agencies. Not only are they getting millions of dollars of federal money, but they can also take the personal property of anyone involved in the drug trade. Cars, houses, boats, money, jewelry, you name it they take it.

Because of this it has become almost impossible to legalize drugs. Every law enforcement agency in the country would speak out against an attempt to do so. And what candidate for office can get elected with cops telling people that they are pro-criminal and anti-police.

That is the real reason drugs are still illegal. Its all about money. Anyone who has done any research cannot argue that pot is any worse for you than alcohol or cigarettes. And I personally know just as many people who have ruined their lives with alcohol as with drugs.

Why is alcohol legal and drugs not? Because cocaine, pot, meth, heroin, etc are not distributed by large corporations with lobbists in Washington who can buy Congressmen. We all know that cigarettes kill you but you can still get them for the exact same reason.