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View Poll Results: Would you vote to end the Drug War?
Yes 102 80.31%
No 20 15.75%
Unsure 5 3.94%
Voters: 127. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 06-01-2013, 06:02 PM
 
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Oh hell no. There's no way I'd just hand over the market to them. They're definitely not deserving. 100,000+ Americans are killed a year from prescription drug use. They're more criminal than marijuana dealers in some cases.
100,000? Damn, that's a lot.
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Old 06-01-2013, 06:11 PM
 
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Nearly every crime can be traced back to drugs in someway or another.

Anything short of petty crimes such as reckless driving, tax fruad etc...


The gas station robbery?

They need money for drugs.

That shooting on 6th Street last night?

Gang/drug related

The house in your neighborhood robbed yesterday?

Looking for stuff to steal and sell for drugs.


See how this works?


ETC...ETC...ETC,....
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Old 06-01-2013, 06:13 PM
 
Location: Whoville....
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Nearly every crime can be traced back to drugs in someway or another.

Anything short of petty crimes such as reckless driving, tax fruad etc...


The gas station robbery?

They need money for drugs.

That shooting on 6th Street last night?

Gang/drug related

The house in your neighborhood robbed yesterday?

Looking for stuff to steal and sell for drugs.


See how this works?


ETC...ETC...ETC,....
Even with legalized drugs, they'll still need money for drugs so nothing changes here except maybe more crime because you'll have more users.

Of course we could raise taxes to make drugs cheap so they wouldn't have to steal to get their drugs. We get robbed either way.

And then there are crimes commited while on drugs....

It's too bad we can't just get rid of drugs.
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Old 06-01-2013, 06:14 PM
 
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EVEN this.........drug related.

Pumped up on drugs while in the act.



North Hollywood Shootout - YouTube



Drugs...drugs...drugs....drugs!
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Old 06-01-2013, 06:14 PM
 
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Nearly every crime can be traced back to drugs in someway or another.

Anything short of petty crimes such as reckless driving, tax fruad etc...


The gas station robbery?

They need money for drugs.

That shooting on 6th Street last night?

Gang/drug related

The house in your neighborhood robbed yesterday?

Looking for stuff to steal and sell for drugs.


See how this works?


ETC...ETC...ETC,....

So what should be the solution? Curbing the society of drugs, or making drugs easier to get for society?
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Old 06-01-2013, 06:16 PM
 
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Even with legalized drugs, they'll still need money for drugs so nothing changes here except maybe more crime because you'll have more users.

Of course we could raise taxes to make drugs cheap so they wouldn't have to steal to get their drugs. We get robbed either way.
Why do users rob/steal for drugs?

They need their fix, and they need it NOW!!

They have a $200 a DAY habit to feed.


Let's go knockoff 7-Eleven....
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Old 06-01-2013, 06:18 PM
 
Location: Whoville....
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So what should be the solution? Curbing the society of drugs, or making drugs easier to get for society?
The latter will never happen. Even if legalized, they will continue to be sold by drug dealers because companies are not going to take the risk of being sued because someone wrecked their car or killed their child while high as a kite. The only thing that changes if you legalize drugs is open marketing of drugs. Any attempts to regulate the quality or efficacy will be futile because no drug manufacturer is going to take on recreational drugs (why do you think they don't tackle medical marijuana now?). There's too much risk.
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Old 06-01-2013, 06:19 PM
 
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So what should be the solution? Curbing the society of drugs, or making drugs easier to get for society?
Crack down even harder. Stiffer penalties for posession and using. More mandatory employment drug screens.

You'll go to jail for a roach here......

That 30+/-? grams stuff is a joke.
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Old 06-01-2013, 06:20 PM
 
Location: Whoville....
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Why do users rob/steal for drugs?

They need their fix, and they need it NOW!!

They have a $200 a DAY habit to feed.


Let's go knockoff 7-Eleven....
Will that stop if we legalize drugs? Will they, suddenly, start working a job to earn the money to buy their drugs? Nope. They'll continue knocking off the 7-Eleven to get their drugs.
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Old 06-01-2013, 06:20 PM
 
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The latter will never happen. Even if legalized, they will continue to be sold by drug dealers because companies are not going to take the risk of being sued because someone wrecked their car or killed their child while high as a kite. The only thing that changes if you legalize drugs is open marketing of drugs. Any attempts to regulate the quality or efficacy will be futile because no drug manufacturer is going to take on recreational drugs (why do you think they don't tackle medical marijuana now?). There's too much risk.
Do you believe society can curb it's drug problem, though?
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