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Wow cocaine is considered less dangerous then weed WTF thats crazy but yeah. I kinda understand we are going through somewhat of a drug epidemic it just not nation wide O.o
Yeah Marijuana is a schedule 1 drug along with heroin, lsd, ecstacy.
Cocaine is considered a schedule 2 along with opium, oxycontin, oxycodone and even morphine.
Our drug laws have been racially/economically biased from the beginning. While they are the same substance, Cocaine is a "rich man's drug" while "crack" is a "poor man's drug". This is why we saw such ridiculous drug sentencing laws such as the 100-1 year drug sentencing disparity for crack vs cocaine.
There are more overdoses today, but where is the outrage?
When crack-cocaine use was in its peak years, entire cities were destroyed via mass imprisonment, breakdown of families, increased dependance on the government, the non-sensical 100-1 Crack-Cocaine sentencing rule, etc.
Technically, the safest drugs are the ones that 1) you cannot OD on, and 2) are not physically addictive. You will notice 2 of the only drugs (LSD/marijuana) that fit the above bill, and thus are considered "safest" by most scientists who study drugs, are "mysteriously" schedule 1. This is due to the government going after political (LSD) and racial (marijuana) bugaboos. It literally has zero to do with public safety. Especially since one of the most dangerous ones (OD / DTs) is the legal intoxicant.
Haven't seen it, but in the WI Northwoods and Upper Michigan I can see the same basic thing playing out. Planned on watching it at some point, but it seems a pretty bleak way to spend a couple hours.
Haven't seen it, but in the WI Northwoods and Upper Michigan I can see the same basic thing playing out. Planned on watching it at some point, but it seems a pretty bleak way to spend a couple hours.
Yeah it is very bleak, but in some ways it's uplifting since another theme that's explored is how meth can be detrimental to the family and how tight knit those communities are.
Crystal meth over the last 15 years was basically a suburban/rural version of the crack epidemic. Though there was a little less violence involved in the distribution of it, since there wasn't the intense competition for dense urban street corners and territories in central cities, but probably more emphasis on the health effects of the drug.
Misused pharmaceutical drugs will continue to be a big issue. Especially since they don't have to be illegally manufactured or smuggled in from South America--they're legally in stock in every pharmacy in the country--people just have to find a way to obtain them either through prescriptions or someone with access to large quantities.
Isn't there a term for a region in the Midwest where there is a lot of Meth activity?
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