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But supply and demand and well they found a way to make gain power influence and make money do to us being the largest consumers of something that we made illegal they just smuggle and distribute across the U.S. and Canada.
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In the broadest sense ... true. However, opium and it's byproducts are still illegal for recreational use. But then you knew that and decided to obfuscate.
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Prescription drugs are a separate problem from recreational drugs, and would need a separate solution. Moreover this does not address the point that tax-funded health care===>taxpayer-determined controls on behavior, since as much as 75% of health care costs are due to behavior (drugs, smoking, alcohol, lack of exercise, diet).
obesity is one of the biggest ones.. if one wants to get technical any body that does dangerous activities ads to the cost to the medical system..
mountain climbing very dangerous.. many climbers get severely injured. plus if you get stuck or lost in the mountains you risk the lives of rescue personal looking for lost persons..
bicycles another dangerous invention how many kids, adults get killed or severely injured riding bicycles..
skiing..
skateboarding.
boxing..
foot ball..
swimming pools..
race car driving..
air shows..
monster truck completion..
go cart racing..
motorcycle racing..
all these things on the list humans can live with out!!! and so much more to numerous to mention.. and all drive up medical cost for all.. and all are for recreational use and are a waste of time energy and resources like oil..
In the broadest sense ... true. However, opium and it's byproducts are still illegal for recreational use. But then you knew that and decided to obfuscate.
O well.
El Nox
During the very short time Opium was taxed it was done to discourage it's use and because the Chinese weren't very well liked in this country.
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Anyone that ingests an intoxicant to alter his/her state of mind is mentally deranged and needs to be locked up and studied.
are you related to Hitler, Pol Pot or Kim Jong um???
if you were to incarcerate all the people that do intoxicants you would have to put 90 percent of the populous in jail..
all the people that smoke pot.. could be 40 to 60 million in jail right their alone
all the cigar and cig smokers in jail
all the people that do big pharma drugs illegally..
all the people that do cocaine..
all the people that do drink alcohol of any kind beer, wine, hard liquor..
all that do heroin..
crack..
meth.
psychedelic mushrooms..
and so much more..
I hear you ***** so much about Obama, sheet!!!! you with your policies would wreck the country in a fraction of the time that the o mighty could do in a life time....
gassing all the people would be a hell of a lot cheaper!!!!!!
Look, I have been pro-legalization for years, on the grounds that you have the right to decide what you ingest into your body.
But if the taxpayer is going to be required to pay for your rehab, emphysema, dementia, or whatever, then the taxpayer now has a say in what you ingest into your body. And "Uhhh" is not a counter-argument to this.
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Avoiding my question, buddy?
Look, I have been pro-legalization for years, on the grounds that you have the right to decide what you ingest into your body.
But if the taxpayer is going to be required to pay for your rehab, emphysema, dementia, or whatever, then the taxpayer now has a say in what you ingest into your body. And "Uhhh" is not a counter-argument to this.
so you would rather spend way more money chasing, prosecuting, incarcerating, guarding, feeding and providing medical care, for the prisoners.. good thing you and fin and the T.310 aren't leading the country!!!!!
Overall traffic fatalities have decreased a heck of a lot more than 9%, so the question is why the pot States decreased less than others.
We've went over this before Finn and I KNOW you haven't forgotten.
Stop with the disinformation!!! I know my stats to well.
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are you related to Hitler, Pol Pot or Kim Jong um???
