Comments on: The War on Drugs is a War on You

By: "War on Drugs" by Crisis? what crisis? - Pearltrees

"War on Drugs" by Crisis? what crisis? - Pearltrees — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 19:10:48 +0000

[...] If you are concerned at all about liberty, the economy, the Constitution and the power of the Federal Government – you cannot ignore the US government’s longest and most costly “war” – the War on Drugs. But no matter how long it lasts, how much is costs, how many lives are disrupted, and how much it fails – the war rages on. This is an abomination of everything that America is supposed to stand for. As long as this country continues the drug war, you are not free. At the root, then, those that force the drug war on you are enemies to your freedom. The War on Drugs is a War on You – Tenth Amendment Center [...]

By: Nasty

Nasty — Fri, 22 May 2009 13:27:18 +0000

The whole question of States rights vice Fed enforcement of laws is really mute. The question is whether or not the people will see the injustice and somehow rise up and put an end to it.
Abuse of drugs regardless of what type, is a Cancer on this country. Granted the responsibilty to abuse drugs is on the abuser. The whole country can see what drugs have done to the fabric of society. I doubt seriously there is one person that has not suffered somehow from the effects of drugs by family or friends.
So lets say we legalize, Pot, Meth, Herioin (spelling?) etc. What happens next? What do you do with the family or friends that (like alcohol) ruin there lives with drugs? Perhaps the funds used to “war” on this issue would be better spent on education and treatment.
There is no easy answer period. Years ago I abused drugs, smoked dope, Blah Blah Blah. Personally, it held me back from enjoyin life. Thats my personal choice. Not to use drugs.
Personal Choice is a freedom, but that also comes with it responsibilty, and accountabilty. How many will stand up and be responsible and accountable, when they abuse drugs…………and kill someone? I doubt there will be very many. Freedom and Life can be very difficult………..But I chose freedom and will deal with Life.
Legalization of any so-called Illegal drug will bring responsilbilitys.

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 16 May 2009 07:47:57 +0000

I find the notion that a woman can abort her fetus for any reason she likes because “it is her body” to be much less convincing than your argument. It is the same personal rights issue. I don’t feel that getting high is nearly as serious or reprehensible as abortion. I am disabled with Parkinson’s, Fibromyalgia and Neuropathy. The drugs I have to take daily just to function cause skin cancers, heart problems, renal failure, liver damage, dementia, sleep disturbances, hallucinations and many other SERIOUS side effects. Why anyone would deny the use of marijuana for legitimate medical purposes? Could it be because California is flaunting and making a joke of the medical marijuana issue? That said, legalization will cause some bumps in the road, and clear up some others.

By: ConcernedCitizenMJS

ConcernedCitizenMJS — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:17:47 +0000

Extremely well-stated and well-written article. Honestly, this is one of the best persuasive arguments for legalization I’ve read in quite some time, and the repeated “they’re taking away your freedom” vein that runs throughout may even resonate with some Republicans.

By: StaxBrix

StaxBrix — Sat, 02 May 2009 08:33:34 +0000

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By: padlok

padlok — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 01:21:34 +0000

@ poggymom:
you mean i don’t have the right to initiate change in my gov’t through the democratic process or the judicial system? damn! how did i pass those civics classes? obviously i have a very distorted view of how a democratic society works. perhaps you’d be so kind as to explain to me how a participatory gov’t ‘of the people, by the people…’ etc devolved into ‘accept the way things are or move to a foreign land and try to do better’. i submit that you are wrong. i have the right to address issues of legislation to my senators and representatives as well as the right to seek redress of constitutional issues through the court system. or does that sound too ‘socialist’ to you?

By: Adam Weishaupt

Adam Weishaupt — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 01:57:26 +0000

One of the founding principles of The United States of America was that humans have a God given right to pursue happiness. Using drugs (responsibly and not hurting others) will probably not make a person happy. But it is not is not up to you to decide what will make another person happy – not up to you, or me, or the Government, or the majority, or society, or to anybody else. And if you are partially responsible for denying a person’s God given human rights, then you should die and go to hell and burn for ever and ever, you bastard. I am being hyperbolic.

By: padlok

padlok — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 01:47:13 +0000

@ justin et al. i do not disagree w/ the idea that operating heavy equip. or doing brain surgery while high is dangerous, [i want my pilot, brain surgeon, etc. sober or maybe just having had a single cup of coffee]. however the fright mongering puritans waging the propaganda war that has kept recreational drug use a crime for so long constantly point out examples of the horrible things people have done while high as reasons to prohibit drugs to everyone. this is of course a meaningless argument on their part. w/o an accurate idea of how many rec. drug users there are there’s no way to determine what percentage of them do horrible things while high. the gov’t will say all or almost all of them, stoners will say virtually none and neither side will have any proof. that won’t stop the fear mongers from publicizing their belief as fact and they have much better ad funding than we do. so my position is not to even acknowledge the incidence of drug influenced crime, to refuse to differentiate between the guy who robbed the liquor store while on dope and the guy who did the same thing sober. let them be equal under the law. give no leniency to the guy who’s defense is ‘man, i was so high!’. demand personal responsibility for the things people do [regardless of drug use] and the idea of ‘druggies are all thieves & murders’ will begin to fall by the wayside. if lawyers quit telling their clients that they can get reduced sentences if they plead drug addiction then the number of cases of ‘he did it because he was high’ we hear about in the news will diminish as well. we need to make the people in our society who know nothing of drug culture see that we as drug users can be good citizens and good neighbors. if they never see those of us who are normal everyday folks [that happen to also do drugs] they will continue to believe what the gov’t tells them because the only people they know are on dope are the people they see doing the perp-walk.

By: Ben

Ben — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 01:09:04 +0000

@Robb, I totally agree. I was a “so-called” bad kid. I drove while drunk and while high separately. I have never gone faster than 5 under the speed limit when high. This actually is also true of being drunk. I was so pissy ass scared I was gonna get caught when I drove drunk that I never went more than 5 under the speed limit.

I would not recommend driving drunk or high, but personally I find it much easier to dislodge myself from or “swallow” a high than it is to force myself to ignore the effects of alcohol.

I found alcohol to be far more impairing than pot. This is one reason why I only drink now. If I want to escape; alcohol is easier, cheaper, and more effective. Pot just made me get all philosophical and start writing down ways to improve myself. Fuckin’ a’ if I’m gonna get fucked up I don’t want to spend the whole night thinking about how I can make my life better .

By: dallas

dallas — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 22:54:53 +0000

First off, I am a stoner. Nonetheless, it has not affected me in any negative way whatsoever. It has not corrupted my values, driven me psychotic, or harmed my health physically. It is ironic that marijuana is illegal while more than 600,000 people die a year from “legal drugs,” mainly from tobacco. To add insult to injury, $100,000,000,000 was spent last year on the “War on Drugs.” 80% of people arrested on drug-related charges were those in possession of marijuana.

The “War on Drugs” is as much of a waste of money as Homeland Security; it’s just another way of the government controlling its people. Since it’s a “War” on drugs, shouldn’t it be doing something if $100B is spent each year which could be used to build 1,000′s of hospitals or just help get us the fuck out of debt. It’s just like the “War on Terror”. They aren’t stopping drug trafficking; they’re letting people make a living off of selling an illegal substance. They aren’t stopping terrorist activities; they’re just increasing international hostilities.

Thanks for writing this article, dude, even though I pretty much already knew all this. I ask anyone who reads this sentence: How many people have died as a result of marijuana use (by its effects only)?